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Saratoga,  Lakes  George  and  Champlain,  the  Adirondacks, 

Niagara  Falls,  Montreal,  Quebec,  the  Saguenay 

River,  the  White  Mountains,  Lakes  Mem- 

phremagog  and  Winnlpiseogee. 


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IlEVISEO    EI>ITIOr«r,    1874. 


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BOSTON : 
rUBIJSHED  BY  C.  A.  FAXON, 

82  WA»lII>OTOM  STBEET. 


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Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congrc,  In  the  year  1874,  by 

C.  A.  FAXON, 
In  tl.e  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congrew.  at  Wa.hlngton. 


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Pntt  of  lUnd,  Avtr/,  »  Co,  Borton. 


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ear  1874,  by 
Vaililngton. 


Cr^^^S^|^.j>-j^  II Rsuccegs  which  attemled  the  first  iMtne  (m 
the  summer  of  1«73)   of   Faxon's   Hand- 
hook  would  liave   lieen   alone  siifTicient   to 
justify  its  prcsenti'.tioii    this  year.     Its  facts 
and  sii<if»estions  met  a  ready  rcsjionse  from 
^s/'-^-'q^-     the   travelling  and  pleasure-seekirifj;  putiiic; 
^  1^  ^'^    and  the  trips  therein   descrilied  proved    ini- 
(«U_vV^     mensely  popular.     Its  de.sign  — to  afford  in 
^'^  V^'^     j,,„all  compass,  attractive  form,  and  convenient 
v£)     %  arrangement  the  ncessary  information  as  to 

■2)  routes,  distances,  stopping-phicen,  and  attrac- 

tions at  the  various  summer  resorts,  and  to  furnish  »t  th(!  same 
time  pleai<ant  reading  for  the  tourist  —  won  the  most  flatter- 
ing approval ;  and  its  execution,  in  the  main,  was  acceptable. 
But,  with  the  advent  of  warm  weatlier  each  year,  people  begin 
to  ask  each  other  anxiously,  "  Where  shall  we  go  this  sum- 
mer ?  "  and  to  feverishly  scan  tlie  railroad  guides  and  summer- 
resort  advertisements. 

A  new  handlwok  is,  therefore,  needed  for  each  year,  or,  bet- 
ter still,  an  old  favorite  corrected  and  imi)ioved  from  year  to 
year.  Acconlingly,  the  present  season,  Faxon's  Handbook 
has  been  thoroughly  revised  and  edited,  —  new  places  of  resort 
described ;  fuller  information  as  to  routes,  time,  &e.,  given ; 
de3cripti(ms  of  scenery  which  has  never  before  been  mentioned 
in  a  hanilbook,  and  fresh  and  readable  chapters  uu  familiar 
scenes,  written ;  the  typography  and  mechanical  execution  of 

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ISTliOOVCTlOS. 

the  work  throughout  Rreaily  improv...!,  fine  --;„«,  ^-; 
the  ori-inal  Bk.fho.  of  c.nin.-nt  art.»t«  oxecul.-.l  ex,.r..*ly  or 
U  U  1:0::^  ,  and  all  the  ,U.t.il.  ..f  ti.nc-tabl...  f  u..  ^  ..orn. 
to  the  latest  .late.      With  tlu-.e  i.n,.rov.nu.nl.,  .1  m  Ik,  oe  1 
FaxoVs  IIanlDook  ^vill  ho  n.ore  than  ev.r  popular  vr.th  the 

lAXON8  11A>  ^^^^j    lu'lUlMiul 

travelling'  public,  an  I  will -to  ti.t  im     ^ 

lan.^ung;of  the  iulverti.ements  of  new  un..mun..-    me.t 

want  long  felt  in  the  comn.imity." 

rKoTK  »v  r»E  En.TOR.-Tl,c  reviser  (who  1h  a  severely 
prak'    person,  with  a  purely  «tili.ari:.n  an,l  -^^^'^^^^^y'^^ 

:r^:-:r::ri:::::;ii>o..aaton..e.atitw..^^^^^^^^ 

^o  "Itwoul.1  con.lemn  the  thing  from  the  ^tart,  s.iul  ht 
u  Why  the  reader  who  had  got  through  that  «er.on  would 
„e'^'.av:  the  courage  to  taek.e  the  untold  '-r-.s  hej-on.h 
What  we  want  is  .omeihing  brief  and  breezy  ^^\'^\\l 
U  on-  So  he  sat  down,  and  wrote  the  follow. n,,  wh.ch  he 
thought  was  about  right] 

PRIFATORY  AND  EXPLANATORY. 
Is  presenting  this  little  volume  to  the  public,  the  at.thor  does 
U  sip    Tn'l  -lely  iVo,n  philanthropic   motiv.s,  into  wh.ch ^,0 
ope  of..ain,  no  sehish  considerat.o..s,   no  des.re   for  fame, 
Ir      fie  does  it  timidly  (of  cour.e),  but  .t.ll  -^h  an  -- 
„    t  dosi..e  to  do  some  ,ood  in  the  world     1.  the  V^^^^^^l 
followi.,<r  pages  shall  .uake  one  poor  soul  hnpp.er,  shall  shed  a 
rayo     rgStonthedark  pathway  of  some  poor  wretch  d,  ven 
t^'the  vete  of  despair  by  vain  attempts  to  co.upr.hend  radway 
U.ne.tlble;  and  summer-resort  advenisement«,  n«.    ^h.  I  turn 
LiTn  ^dfiom  thoughts  of  suicide  to  a  hopeftd  -^epar-e  .„ 
s^arTof  re.t  and  .ecreation,  the   u.thor's  purpose  wdl  have 
been  accomplished,  and  his  fondest  ....d.it.on  reah/.ed. 


iravinj?«  <''''J»> 

»cc.,  corit'cted 
it  \»  \K'!'u'veil 

imliir  with  the 
aii<l  lii'iuiMlul 

n<  —  "  meet  a 


)  1h  11  severely 
uti'L-enary  turn 
nly  when  the 
ndividuiil ;  and 
it  would  never 
^tart,"  siiiil  he. 
,  Bermon  wouUl 
lioniirg  \)eyond. 
V.  Let  me  try 
)win<.',  which  he 


ISTItODUCTION.  1 

[ANOTHEn  NoTK  HY  TiiK  KinToii  — 'Ilie  ftuthiir,  hjivlng 
writt«'n  the  idxivo.  %viint8  to  know  what  I  think  of  it.  I  think 
it  in  very  had.  I  don't  like  this  tritlin'^  with  .»  8erlou!»  matter; 
and  I  don't  h'liove  in  ileci  ivinj?  a  too-conliding  public.  So  I 
itkall  have  to  write  a  preface  myself,  after  all.] 


AT  TIIK  OUTSET. 
The  tired  resident  of  the  city,  Hcekinj?  rc>t  and  r.la  .ution, 
will  find  ii^'ie  foUowinjr  p'RCH  the  infonnatioti  n.rdd  as  to 
several  or  vuore  very  dcfirable  resirts,  and  Imw  to  rcich  tbmi. 
By  following  the  directions  herein  containetl,  a  mo^t  delightful 
vacation  trip  can  be  enjoyed. 


TiiKiiK,  I  think  that  will  do. 


)R  Y. 

,,  the  author  does 
8,  into  which   no 
ilesire   for  fame, 
itill  with  an  ear- 
,lie  perusal  of  the 
jier,  shall  shed  a 
or  wretch  driven 
nprthend  railway 
s,  an<l  ^h;lll  turn 
eful  departure  in 
[mrpose  will  have 
reaUzeJ- 


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contk:nts. 


CHAPTKH  1. 

Bontoii  to  SmiitDRft 

Sffiicx  aluiiK  tliu  Wiiy 

City  of  K'KtiliurK 

Monailnoik  llouso 

BflloWH  KllllH 

The  Islmid  House         .        •        ■         "„     \ 
U„tla..a  ,in,l  tlu-  NeiKt.t.orin«  Smnmcr  Resorts 

Tlio  Hutcs  lIoiiHi- 

An  Ili'*toru-  iind  r/jg«ndnry  Uonioii      • 

cHArrKH  11. 

SarrttoKft  8i>r'niK9 
The  Nvw  United  States  Hotel 
The  firaiul  Union  and  Coi\t're8»  Hall 
The  (irand  Cenlrnl  and  Clarendon 
The  NVaverly  and  lloldcn  Il.m>tes 
The  Mii.i'ral  Waters  of  Saratoga 
The  Star  Sprint;  .        •        •        • 
The  Saratoj.'a  "A"  Spring    •        • 
The  Congress  and  Pavilion  Sprinns 
Congress  Spring  and  r.uk    . 
The  ('oluml)ian  ai-d  Etnpire  Springs 
Excelsior  Spring  and  I'ark   . 
Bottling  House     .         •        •         ■ 
Strong's  llemedial  Institute 
•     Temple  Grove  Seminary      . 
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costhsts. 

ClIArTKIl   III. 

The  Liiko  Diivcn 

Till)  Uiii'i!  Cuiirito  ami  Ik'tnU  ItciKliin   . 

Liiko  LdviIv 

Sotinl  I-itr.     Whom  wt!  meet  iit  Hurutoga 
Uuiitino  lor  tlif  liiiilii'n  .... 
BalU  ami  llopi,  Uumaiico  and  Flirtutiun 

CIIAl'TKU  IV. 

The  IlooHiu'  Tiinnel  Kuufe  Kii"t   . 

Si'liroon  Liiki! 

Tim  Hiilliii  lloiisi)         .... 
Tlio  Uoiitu  lo  hiiko  (ioorijo  . 
Williamt  llock,  Hlooiiy  I'onJ 
Oiir  First  View  of  Lake  (Jt'orKO  . 
Fort  VVilliam  llceiry  Hotel    . 
Lovily  mill  Diversilied  Scenery     . 
The  Miiienils  of  Lake  GcorRC 
The  Sail  down  thu  Lake 
Ilistorici'l  Localities      .... 


CHAPTER   V. 
To  TicoiideroKii  and  down  Lake  Champlain 
Ruiim  of  "  Old  Fort  Ti  "      .        .        .        . 
The  New  York  and  Canada  Railroad   . 

Lake  Chain|ilain 

Crown  I'oint 

ObjecU  of  Interest,  City  of  Burlington 


CHAPTER  VI. 

PlattsburK  and  its  Famous  Battles 
Fouiiuet's  Hotel  and  Grounds       ,        .         , 

Au  Sable  CluvBm 

A  Graphic  Dencription  of  the  Chasm  . 

Birmingham  Fulls 

Jacob's  Ladder,  Devil's  Oven,  and  the  Flume 
The  Flume  from  Table  Rock       ,        ,        . 


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coy  TEXTS. 
CHAPTER   VII 


Tlic  AilivinHlftck  lleiiion 

Uoutes  into  ili«  Adiroiulatks 

By  Railand  Stniio  to  the  Lakes   . 

The  An  Srtlilc  Ponds    ■        •        •        • 
Wl.itc-f«ce  Mountain.  Wilmington  Pass 
Indian  Pass  and  tl.c  Saranac  Ue^-ion    . 
Tlie  St.  Regis  Lakes     .         .         ■         • 
Tuvper  Lake 


CHAPTER  VIII 

Through  Vermont  to  Montveal     .        • 
Si.  Albans,  Vt.,  to  the  White  Mountams 
Mount  Mansfield  .         •         •         •         " 
Tho  Phenix  House       .        •        •        ■ 
Hasdtine  Hotel 

CHAPTER  IX 

lloute  to  Kiagara  Falls 

Niagara  and  its  Hotels 

The  Tour  of  the  Islands       . 

Biddle  Stairs         ■         •         •         ' 
Central  Falls  and  Cave  of  the  Wmds 

Prospcet  Park  and  its  Attractions 
Across  the  River  to  the  Canadnm  Falls 
Daniel  Webster's  Famous  Description 

CHAPTER  X 

Down  the  Niagara  River       .        • 

Across  Lake  Ontario    .        •        • 
Down  Lake  Ontario  to  the  St.  Lawrence 

The  Thousand  Islands 

O-'densburg.    Excursion  to  Ottawa  . 

The  Rapids  of  the  St.  Lawrence  •  ■ 

Lake  St.  Francis  .        •        ■        ■  ' 


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COXTEA'TS. 


The  City  of  Montreal 
The  Ottawa  Hotel 
Places  of  Interest 


CHAPTER  XI. 


Montreal  to  Quebec  and  the  SngiienBy 
Shawenejjan  Falls  .... 

The  City  of  Quebec      .... 
The  Plains  of  Abraham 
St.  Louis  and  Clarendon  Hotals  . 
The  Hiver  Sa;;uenay     .... 
Capes  Trinity  and  Eternity 

CHAPTER  XII, 

Quebec  to  the  White  Mountains 

White  Mountain  Range 

Profile  Mountain.     The  Basin    . 

The  Flume 

The  Pool 

Twin-Mountiiin  House 

Crawford  House.    Elephant's  Head     . 

The  Wliite  Alountaia  Notch 

Silver  Cascade 

Glen  Ellis  Falls 

Ascent  of  Mount  Washington 
Peabody  River  and  Mount  Washington 
North  Conway  and  its  Beauties    . 
Kiarsarge  House  .        .        .        , 

Kiarsarge  Mountain    .... 


CHAPTER   Xni 

A  Trip  to  tlie  Northern  Lakes 

Meniphremagog  House 

A  Boat  Trip  Down  the  Lake 

Magog  House  and  Lake  Meniphremagog 

Homeward  Bound        .... 


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CONTESTS. 


Distance  Table    .        • 
Distances  from  PUtttburg    . 
White  Mountain  Stage  Fares 
Elevation  of  Mountains 
Excursion  Uoute  Tables        ■ 
Index  to  Advertisementa       • 


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road  Line  i 
devote  to  it 
higlu'St  atti 
cheap  and  c 
constant  an 
Lome. 


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the  purcha 
hackneyed 
perience,  a 
scores  of  st 
fied  appeal 


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CHAPTER  l. 
Prom  Boston  to  Saratoga,  via  Fitohbnrg  and  Butland. 

N  accordance  with  the  plan  announcecl  in  our 
introduction,  we  purpose  first  to  speak  in  detail 
of  each  of  the  most  prominent  routes  from  Boii- 
ton  to  the  first  point  in  the  line  of  excursions, 
Saratoga.  In  many  respects  the  route  knov-r. 
as  the  Fitchburg,  Cheshire,  and  Saratoga  Rail  • 
road  Line  is  the  most  advantageous;  and  for  that  reason  ws 
devote  to  it  the  opening  chapter.  It  is  the  line  that  unites  the 
highest  attractions  of  scenery  and  natural  advanta<res  with 
cheap  and  eiu-y  access  from  all  the  New  England  c.tics,  :md 
constant  and  rapid  communication  with  business  and  friends  at 

home. 

Some  Stale  Fremonitioni. 

Just  here  seems  the  place  for  a  word  of  advice  relative  to 
the  purchase  of  tickets,  and  the  care  of  baggage.  It  is 
hackneyed  and  threadbare  counsel ;  but  it  is  founded  on  ex- 
perience, and  if  followed  will  save  heaps  of  vexation,  and 
scores  of  scowls,  and  mayhap,  as  the  phrase  goes,  an  undigni- 
fied appeal  to  divine  wrath. 
1 


I 


TOURISTS'   IIASDtiOOK. 

,1,„  art  not  \mltel\r  umm  ^ 

The  tiekct-..lUT  .n       "' ^"^ ^'.^„„  J,.,  ^-..Ueu  and  taking  in 
tl,,  ,hr..ugh  t.«,n  "'"   ;",f^^;;  le  an.  waiting  to  be 

.„onoy  atva.l.oa.l  'P««^^^ /^X^,,,,  ,,  ii„,.  to  answer  extra 
.erved  at  the  same  .non>ent ,  «"^  J' '^^  ^^  „^,  ,„,a  p,e«.ed  f.r 
,l„e.tionB.  The  »'*^'g"^7''"  ;  "'^J^':';"„  ,„ve  filty  question. 
i..e.  Then,  is  then  no  tj-  f-  ^^^  J  "  >^^  ,  ,^  J  J^i  ques- 
to  a.k-,  but  if  the  n.an  whom  y«"  "*;  '^  ^     ^f  be  left  be- 

noning  s.>ps  to  answer,  a  do.en  -"  '  J^^^„J,,  y,„  ,,vc 
!,.„,  ,,,„.,  or  be  «- "- •^^^^^.f^Vie  General  Agent.  »« 
ciuo^tions  to  ""k,  go  to  the  ohice  oi  ^i^e.table.,  is 

i.ows  all  the  r.«t..s,  ^'-/^^  ^J^  Srent  roads  and  all 
fa„Vdi.r  with  the  '«|"';;^^";,t:\Vthe  questions  that  are 
their  connections.     H^  '    J*  half-lVantic  men  and  women 

,0  often  shneked  out  n  dc  ,a.    b  ^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^ 

at  the  last  moment,  .n  our  gr  ^^^^  ^^^^^^^^  ^,,^„^ 

under  considerat.on,  Mr.  ^'^-^^       ^,  by  letter  at  82  Wash- 

for  departure,  repa.r  in  g«"^  ^^-"^"^^.y  ^nd  Peverly  Streets. 
Fitchbur,Depot,atthecornerofUu.eway^^^^^^^^ 

First  see  that  your  ba.g^e  .s    r.p«Hy  chec^^  ^.^  .^  .^  ^^^^^ 

that  the  little  piece  ol  b.  ass  )  ou  ge  ^.^^^  .^^^ 

ensconced  in  a  pocket  that  h-  *  buU^-     ^  ..  ^U  aboanll" 
thecushiousofthepaLu:eear,andwatfortb^^^^^^^^    .^    ^^ 


J  I  It 

in 


TOUniSTS'   HASDDOOK. 


8 


ellers  will  do 
« liiii?  tbfio 
utes.     Those 
ey  intend  to 
these  agents. 
inute»  bi'tbre 
and  taking  in 
waiting  to  be 
)  iingwer  extra 
rd  preMcd  ftir 
filty  (luestions 
x>ut  and  <iiu'S- 
,ny  be  left  be- 
18,  if  you  »>avo 
il  Agent.     He 
lime-tables,  i* 
roads  and  all 
stions  that  are 
nen  and  women 
f  the  line  now 
iiieral  Agent  in 
er  at  62  WasU- 
nisU  all  needed 

e  day  appointed 
arting-point,  the 
I  Peverly  Streets. 
led;  and  be  sure 
•a  for  it  is  safely 
is  done,  sinli  into 
le  '•  All  aboanl  1 " 
injunction    is    an 
)idinary  cars  fur- 
and  comfortable: 
1  car  are  such  as 


need  only  to  Ih>  enjoyed  once  to  iiecure  their  np])reciiition.  Sit 
on  tlie  \vi\  side  of  the  cur  if  your  blood  be  vigorous,  and  need 
not  the  Folar  iieiit  to  boil  it. 


Boenes  along  the  Way. 

Ilostonians  may  be  supposed  to  know  Hunker  Hill  Monument 
when  they  sec  it,  and  to  recognize  any  other  chimney-like 
structure  which  comes  into  view  as  the  train  moves  out  of  the 
depot  and  across  the  Ch:»'les  River.  To  others  it  may  not  be 
ami-s  to  say  that  this  same  monument  is  i>y  no  means  to  be 
Confounded  with  the  tall  piles  of  the  Ea5t  Canibridjie  Glass 
Works.  The  march  of  Yankee  ieonoclasm  has  not  yet  reached 
the  sacred  structure  that  marks  the  spot  where  Warren  did 
not  die.  Not  yet  has  it  been  turned  into  a  smoke-stack  ;  and 
thus  may  the  distinction  be  made.  Smoothly  alon<j  the  well* 
kept  track  the  cars  trundle,  past  Cambridge,  Belmont,  and 
AVaverly  to  Waltham,  ten  miles  from  Boston,  the  favorite 
haunt  of  "Old  Father  Time,"  who  hasn't  missed  p,  single  day 
since  the  Waltham  Watch  Company  started. 

The  large  brick  factory  on  the  left  is  where  the  first  power- 
loom  for  weaving  cotton  in  America  was  worked.  The  im- 
mense interest  that  has  built  up  Lowell,  Lawrence,  ^lanchester, 
and  many  other  of  the  cities  and  large  towns  of  New  England, 
here  had  its  origin. 

A  short  distance  from  the  village  there  u  seen  on  the  right 


.  TOVItlSTS-   HAKDUOOK. 

picnickers.  ^^^''^^''^ ''°"''J^";;;  j  rL.-.-vl  herb.  h-he.. 
U,  cooke<l  h-.  famous  rock  «>up«,  «.ul  ro  -t^  ^^  ^^^^^^  j,. 

A.  the  train  ^PPr'^/'^J.trik  bare  vour  he..l, :  .or 
it  i.  not  too  much  trouble  '""r,"*  ^^A.neri-nn  ea^le,  the 
i,  i,  Concord,  the  town  where  »»'«  «  ^^'^f  ^,,..,„,,  of  .wfianco. 

p..a  bird  f^^^^;^^;zT  S"  '-'-^  »"^'^^'  -''''- 

It  wss  the  10th  ot  Apni,  i""-        e  ..nnture  «omo 

Stores  at  Concord.     1-hey  were  n.w  ,up,.,.i„r  numbers, 

l^undred  nulitia,  who  ^'*^^' ^^^^^ J^:,^ Z.n...  patriot, 

.ftera  short  «"»-*«" 'thin   P.S  on  to  Coucrd,  and 
w«c  killed.     The   lint,.h   then   ,   «h^  >  _^^^^  _   ^^^^ 

,«aered  the  town  '^,««^!'"  ''r^;^;;J,iucd.. „,e depredation. 
,oa«nandof  M.jorintca.rn.  J'^^  ""J*;^'^^,  „,,  .j.jth  Bridge 
,..  the  village,  and  P--;^^»«^  jj  ^^^^^^^^^^  ,.e«.ahillon  which 
,ro«edthe  ^--;;^*^7^  J      Xtcly  marched  down  the  hill 

the  patriots  were  P°*^'^'  ^^^^ J^.^i^,,  fi/,.i,  ami  killed  two  men. 

Ao  dislodge  the  enemy  :  the  »  "?;;'^;^.,,,,,,,,ther  of  IVdph 

u  As  the  IJrltish  f.red,  Rev.  ^^'^•.  !;7"^"j"i,i,  ,Ua„,ber  window 
Waldo  Emer^n),  who  wa^ookm^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^  ^„^ 

.uear  the  bridge.  ^»^ /*»'  7^,  "^1  f ,,  a  moment :  the  u.der 
.Uould  nut  be  returned      I   -,  only  ^^^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^ 

was  givca  to  fire  on  the  British ,  anu  ^^^  ^^^ 

.Uem'fell  dead,  -^^r"  JTn  dtor  -  tTwLs  their  main 
l.ud>ed :  the  "-^"V       n  werllef    n  poescsion  of  the  bridge. 

jhMi  A'^ncourt  or  Blenheim."  • 

..  By  the  mdc  bridge  that  spanned  the  flood, 
TUeir  «aK  to  April's  brceie  unfurled, 
Sere  one*  the  embattled  farmers  »tood 
lud  fired  the  .hot  heard  round  the  world. 

*  Bancroft. 


It 


TOUniSTS'    HAXDItuOK. 


ve  v!ew  it  com- 
)()r.ler  of  »hicl» 
ri'Kort  of  Uostoii 
•iiilt  oxiHTifnci', 

iff  your  b\»oc8  if 
s  your  ht'inls :  for 
•riinn   eaRle,  ihe 
rums  of  ikfinnce. 
d  BrltlNli  soWiers 
U>  cajiture  «ome 
Iton  l)y  about  one 
Bup<'n"r  number:*, 
^inorican   patriots 
to  Couciinl,  anii 
uruiu'^,  iinil'"'  the 
mmv  ilcpre<lBtions 
tliu  North  Hriiljie 
near  a  hill  on  which 
cheil  «l>wn  the  hill 
ul  killed  two  men. 
•aivltiitherofUalph 
lis  chamber  window 
i»ta»y,  lest  the  fire 
moment :  the  o.Jer 
c  first  volley  two  of 
two  minutes  all  was 
towards  their  main 
icssion  of  the  bridge, 
iord,  more  renowned 


d  the  flood, 
urled, 
ers  Btood, 
tho  world." 


At  South  Acton  the  Marlboro'  lirancli,  thirteen  milci  in 
!iiij!th,  leavcK  the  main  line;  and  at  Aycr'n  .Iimition,  forint'rly 
a  i)art  of  fiioton,  is  the  intern  ■♦ion  ot'  raihoiuN  from  Wor- 
('chter,  NaHlina,  Lowell,  Dlinton,  Iv'erhorougii,  and  SIdrley. 
Here  may  he  neen,  on  the  arrival  ot  the  morning  train*,  a 
hri(hil  party  from  N.i»hu;i  or  Woncst^.  ntnrting  for  the  lour 
of  the  M  juntains,  the  Lnko^,  the  Falls,  the  Sjirint;s  or  all  of 
them  ;  or  a  group  of  young  men  fi'om  Lowell  setting  out  for  a 
fortnight's  sport  in  the  Adimndacks,  to  come  back  in  due 
season  browned  and  weather-beaten,  with  marvell  .us  storiej 
of  fishing  and  hunting  prowess. 

The  City  of  Fitobbnrg,  and  Neighboring  Towns. 

This  city  is  distant  from  Hist m  an  hour  and  a  halfs  ride. 
It  is  one  of  tho  great  manufacturing  cities  of  New  Eng- 
land, and  is  built  upon  the  Nashua  Uiver,  a  most  renwirkaldo 
water-])ower,  giving  streams  supplying  twenty-five  distinct 
privileges.  A  modest  little  hill  near  the  city  is  visible  just 
alter  leaving  the  depot.  It  U  pompously  des-ignated  Uoll,«tone 
Mountain.  Fitehhurg  is  an  important  railroad  centre;  and 
without  doubt  at  thi^  pn'nt  you  will  be  joined  by  parties  from 
Worcester,  Providence,  New|)ort,  Taunton,  and  New  Bedfonl, 
bound  for  Rutland  and  places  north  aiul  west.  'Hie  hiBt  sta- 
tion before  coming  to  the  New  Hampshire  line  is  Wiiichendon, 
a  large  manufacturing  town  on  Miller's  Uiver.  It  is  from  the 
factories  of  this  town  that  myriads  of  wooden  vessels  and 
utensils  for  domestic  uses  come.  One  of  the  largest  of  these 
is  that  cf  E.  Murdock,  jun.,  a  visit  to  which  will  i)rove  of  in- 
terest. Here  the  Monadnock  Branch  makes  off  (o  Kindgc, 
Jaff'rey,  and  Peterborough  ;  and  many  people  transfer  them- 
selves and  their  luggage  to  the  ciirs  of  this  road  for  a  tri[)  to 
the  famous  mountain,  of  which  more  will  be  said  hereaf;er. 
Others  go  by  carriage  from  Wiachendon;  and  in  the  summer 
season  it  is  quite  customary  for  residents  of  the  surrounding 
country,  especially  if  they  have  visitoi  s  from  the  city,  to  get 
up  picnic  parties  to  the  top  of  Monndnock. 


0  TOVRiara'  lUsnnooK. 

At  NVln..»u.n.lon  tr.voUen.  will  fin.l  a  .•on.mo.lious  c.o...orl. 
„».le,  an.l  pie i».^->tly  Lx  »t.-.l  rentlnK- i.l.ue  In  tl.o 


MOSAOSOCK  HOUSE, 

II   A  Crocker,  nro,„iet..r.    TI.e  iKMU.tiful  Bcenery  and  the  .le- 
^,i'r  o?  ;.L  ..cation  can  he  fully  e.ioyci  a-..|^i-e 
ami  tean.«  are  ,,rovi.K..l.  on  appHcat.on,  for  dnvcs  to  the  p..nt« 

ohtain  a  good  view  of  thi.  mount  i.n  on  the  right,  pa.9.n„      p 
through  Troy  and  Marlboro'. 


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xliou*,  I'onl'ort- 


111 


•encry  and  the  de- 
y  c  1  at  tli'n  liouse  ; 
Irivcs  to  the  |»<>iiit» 

mountain  ^lonail- 
untuinwitli  perfect 
mill}?  and  reaching 
titful  and  highly  in- 

-  of  Southern  New 

obtained  from  ilie 

the  C  lie  shire  lload 

0  right,  passing   up 


Intaring  th«  Oranit*  ItaU. 
FiUwilliani  U  tlip  firiit  New  llaiii|ifihire  town  on  the  line  of 
(he  ronil.  It  alMMitidN  in  htMUtiful  and  oi^litly  hilin,  and  in  a 
favoriti*  reiiort  of  thooe  wlio  weri^  tnirn  under  the  iai*t  of  the 
lignx  of  the  xodiai*.  It  \*  thnui  houm'  ride  from  liontim,  and  ii 
woli  known  to  ih»>  lover*  of  rural  heantyaml  mountain  nccniTy. 
Keene  in  tlie  next  town  of  inifmrtance,  and  Ih  forty-two  miiei 
from  Kit<dihiir;f.  It  in  one  of  the  nuwt  eharming  Uiwiin  in  New 
Hampshire,  and  at  the  name  time  one  of  the  mo'*t  entcrpri^in;:- 
It  in  a  fivoritf  reoort,  in  miminer,  of  thoHe  who  would  ('(iml)>no 
the  rccrt-ationi  of  eounlry  life  with  the  thiill  of  a  huny  town. 
The  A^huelot  Railroad  lmn  its  terminus  here.  Over  this  rail- 
road pas.iengerH  reach  Keene  from  New  York,  Springlield, 
Northampton,  and  Deerficld.  North  of  Keene  the  tra\eller 
paNHCs  through  Rome  of  the  most  ntriking  scenery  alou);  the 
road,  the  traek  followin;;  the  roume  of  the  Connecticut  nearly 
ten  milr8,  through  the  towns  of  Weitmorcland  and  Wal|ioie, 
at  the  feet  of  a  chain  of  magnificent  hillx,  prominent  among 
whi<'h  Rtandd  Fall  Mountain,  a  iipur  of  Mount  Tohy,  neven 
bimdrcd  and  fifty  (eet  hi^h.  Just  Itcyond  Wnlpolu  the  railmad 
crofwes  the  Connecticut,  and  the  train  rolls  into  Vermont  and 
into  the  <le|)ot  at  Rellowa  Falls,  one  of  the  most  flourishing 
towns  of  the  Green  Mountain  State. 

Bellows  /alls,  and  Beyond. 
Leaving  the  cars  at  this  station,  and  looking  across  the 
river  to  the  eastward.  Mount  Kilburn  rises  rin  abrupt  wall  to 
the  height  of  nine  hundred  feet.  From  the  railroad  bridge  a 
full  view  may  be  had  of  the  falls  that  give  name  to  the  town. 
The  Connecticut  River,  at  this  point,  is  comprcsaed  into  a  chan- 
nel less  than  fifty  feet  wide  ;  and  the  rush  of  waters  through 
this  narrow  gorge  is  truly  magnificent,  and  especially  so  when 
the  freshets  of  spring  come  foaming  and  roaring  with  their 
mighty  torrents.  Tliere  is  no  place  along  the  route  where  a 
week  can  more  profitably  bo  spout,  83  numerous  and  so  varied 


g  TOVRISTS'   HANDBOOK. 

are  the  objects  of  intrrest  in  the  vicinity.  No  one  who  has  a 
failin,  for  jjeology  should  miss  seeing  the  grote^qie  natural 
.arvings  of  human  f.ces  in  the  rocks  of  the  neighborhood. 

The  Abena<,ui8  Iron  Springs  are  in  the  munodiate  v.cin.  y, 
and  the  great  natural  basin  in  the  Connecticut  \  alley.     ^\  ar- 

en's  aniMinard's  Ponds,  Saxton's  River,  anda  host  of  moun- 
tain  streams,  furnish  excellent  fishing.  Three^'^'^'^^^;/ .* 
mil.  to  the  north,  in  New  Hampshire,  is  .he  famous  trout- 
breeding  establislnnent  of  J.  D.  Bridgman.  A  .sitors  who  wish 
to  look  about  here  for  a  few  days,  or  who  may  des.re  to  spend 

the  .easou  and  enjoy  all  the  comforts  and  luxunes  of  home 

while  revelling  in  country  amusements,  can  do  so  by  securu.g 

quarters  at  the 


ISLAND  HOUSE, 

a  handsome,  commodious,  and  long-established  hotel,  universally 
popular  witL  the  travelling  public,  and  for  the  past  two  years 
ably  conducted  by  Mr.  Charles  Towns.  This  house  stand  on 
:  beautiful  elevation,  commanding-  a  view  of  the  ConnccUcu 
River  Valley  lor  miles,  and  almost  under  the  pr.cip. tou  su les 
of  Mount  Kilbum.  It  is  within  two  mmutes;  walk  of  the  sta- 
tion but  so  much  retired  from  the  public  h-ghwajj  as  to  be 
fi"  from  dust  and  noise.  Rich  and  tasteful  '-deuces  su- 
round  it;  and  it  is  in  everyrespect  a  charming  and  comfortaWe 
resort  fo   travellers  to  step  into.     It  h.s  large  and  airy  halls, 


TOURISTS'   HANDBOOK. 


9 


one  wlio  has  a 
rotefqie  natural 
eighborliood. 
mediate  vicinity, 
It  Valley.     War- 
[1  a  liost  of  mouii- 
liree  fourths  of  a 
he   famous  trout- 
Visitors  who  wish 
f  desire  to  spend 
luxuries!  of  home, 
[]o  so  by  securing 


id  hotel,  universally 
;he  past  two  years 
liis  house  stands  on 
of  the  Connecticut 
iie  pncipitous  sides 
Bs'  walk  of  tlie  sta- 
hfghways  as  to  be 
3ful  residences  sur- 
lin"  and  comfortable 
irge  and  airy  halls, 


and  is  surrounded  by  lofty  piazzas  fifteen  feet  in  width.  From 
this  house,  as  a  centre,  visits  can  be  made  to  points  of  rich  and 
varied  interest  in  every  direction.  A  generous  anil  well-ap- 
pointed table,  and  piompt  attention  to  personal  comfort,  are 
among  the  prominent  features  of  this  favorite  hotel.  The  car- 
riages and  porters  of  the  house  are  at  the  station  on  the  arrival 
of  every  train.  Persons  going  up  on  the  first  train  from  Bos- 
ton, and  wishing  to  spend  the  afternoon  in  driving  about  the 
neighborhood,  can  secure  teams  beforehand  by  addressing  the 
proprietor  of  this  house.  Thus,  if  they  desire  to  go  north  the 
next  morning,  they  will  have  time  for  a  complete  general  view 
of  a  large  part  of  the  surrounding  country. 

At  Bellows  Falls,  besides  the  Cheshire  Road,  which  forms  a 
part  of  the  great  thoroughfare  from  Boston,  connections  are 
made  with  the  route  to  Brattleborougli  and  thence  to  Nortii- 
ampton.  New  Haven,  anil  New  York,  by  the  Connecticut  Val- 
ley Kailroad  ;  with  the  road  leading  to  White  River  Junction ; 
and  with  s*ill  another  road,  which,  crossing  Virniont  in  a 
north-westerly  direction,  leads  up  to  Rutland.  Taking  this  last 
route,  the  train  soon  reaches  Bartonsville,  ten  mihs  from  Bel- 
lows Falls,  anil  then  begins  the  ascent  of  tlie  Green  Mountains. 
At  Chester,  which  caps  the  summit  of  a  long  green  slope  to 
the  banks  of  the  Williams  River,  appears  the  first  strong  inti- 
mation of  approach  to  the  Green  Mountains,  in  the  shape  of  a 
grand  old  hill  towering  up  on  the  right.  At  G^ssitts  is  the 
station  for  Springfield;  and  seven  miles  distant  aro  the  Black 
River  Falls,  chiefly  celebrated  for  the  illustration  they  atTord 
of  the  old  couplet,  — 

"  Water  falling  day  by  day 
Wears  the  lip.rdest  rock  away." 

Cavendish  is  the  next  station,  and  Proctorsville  the  next. 
Here  travellers  get  the  first  view  of  the  Green  Mountains 
looming  up  in  the  distance  on  the  right.  At  Ludlow  the  rail- 
road passes  over  a  most  remarkable  mountain,  euphoniously  des- 
ignated "Hog's  Back."  For  years  the  peculiar  formation  of  this 
mountain  has  puzzled  geologists,  and  is  still  a  most   prolific 


10 


TOURISTS'   HANDBOOK. 


source  of  friendly  squabble.  Ludlow  w  quite  famnus  ..r  the 
antique  marble  and  magnetic  iron  ore  found  w.t.l.m  .t«  bo-ders. 
Healdsville  surmounts  an  ugly-lookin„'  chaam,  out  of  whose 
rocky  sides  trickle  here  and  there  several  charmins  luile  ^ 
waterfall..  At  Suoimit  the  road  passes  the  hi,hest  pomt  on 
the  line  between  Bellows  Falls  and  Rutland.  ITie  descent 
from  this  iK)int  to  Rutland,  eighteen  miles  .listant,  .s  one  thou- 
sand feet,  an  average  of  fifty-five  feet  to  the  mile. 

Butland  and  the  Neighboring  Summer  Eesorti. 
Rutland  is  one  hundred  and  sixty-feven  miles  from  Boston, 
and  is  noted  especially  lor  its  marble  quarries.  Sevcra.  moun- 
tains are  in  the  vidnity,  of  which  the  ones  most  favore.l  by  ex  • 
cursionists  are  Shrewsbury  and  KiUington,  h,gh  peaks  vt  the 
Groen  Mountains.  Capitol  R«ck  on  the  north  side  of  xhe  lat- 
ter it  quite  a  famous  natural  curiosity. 

Visitors  to  Rutland  who  may  wish  to  remain  for  a  longer  or 
shorter  time  have  only  to  step  aero«  the  street  from  the  rail- 
road station,  and  they  find  the 


es-<ju 
abru 


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11 


s  famius  fur  the 
itliin  its  bo  •ders. 
n,  out  of  whose 
charmins  little 
ii<lhe»t  point  on 
d.  ITie  descent 
ant,  is  one  thou- 
iiile. 

Beiorti. 

les  from  Boston, 
.  Several  moun- 
>st  favored  l)y  ex  • 
lifjfh  peaks  of  the 
th  side  of  »Ue  lat- 
in for  a  longer  or 
et  from  the  rail- 


Paige  and  ToUiurst,  proprietory  a  large  an  I  elegant  hotel, 
complete  in  its  ii|)poiiitment8,  and  funiishi^i^  all  that  is  needed 
for  a  luxurious  home  to  rest  and  take  comfort  in,  and  every 
means  (or  makinji  excursions  about  the  region. 

The  railroad!<  that  centre  here,  besides  tin  Rutland  Division 
of  the  Vermont  Central,  are  the  Harlem  Exti-nsion,  running 
liirough  Manchester  and  Bennington,  Vt.,  and  thence,  rhi 
Chatham  Four  Corne!?,  (o  New  York  City  ;  the  Uuiland  and 
Burlington  Uoad,  over  whi(  h  passengers  pass  north  through 
Brandon  and  Middlebuiy,  touching  the  eastern  sliores  of  Lake 
Cbamplain,  aliout  twenty  miles  south  of  Burlington,  and  mak- 
ing connections  for  St.  Albans,  Ogdensburg,  and  Montreal; 
an<l  the  R-nsselaer  and  SaraUiga  Railroad  by  which  travellers 
are  taken  from  Rutl  tnd  to  Saratoiia  Springs. 

Leaving  Rutland  for  Saratoga,  the  first  phioe  reached  is 
West  Rutland.  Here  are  to  I  e  seen  the  celebrated  marble- 
works  where  the  material  ia  quarried  to  furnish  mantles,  tables, 
and  other  articles  in  marble,  for  the  whole  country.  West 
Rutland  is  the  stopping-place  tor  visitors  to  the  Clarendon 
Springs,  which  are  of  considerable  medicinal  value.  These 
waU'rs  contain  nitrogen  gas  in  solution,  sulphate  and  muriate 
of  lime,  sulphate  of  soda,  sulphate  of  magnesia,  an<l  a  large 
amount  of  carbonic  acid:  they  are  said  to  resemble  the  Ger- 
man Spii  Waters,  and  have  made  this  place  a  favorite  and 
popular  resort  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  For  dis- 
eases arising  from  impurities  of  the  blood,  the  waters  have 
been  used  with  great  success. 

Cast  eton  is  the  next  station,  a  beautiful  village  of  al  out  one 
thousand  inhabitants.  The  situaiion  of  the  town  is  pictur- 
CMjue,  lying  in  the  lap  of  the  (iieen  Mountains,  which  rise 
abruptly  on  the  east,  with  a  rolling  country  on  the  west  extend- 
ing to  the  Adiiondacks.  It  contains  within  its  limits  Lake 
Bomopeen,  a  l)0(ly  of  water  nine  miles  long  and  three  miles 
wiiie,  dotted  with  islands  and  surrounded  ly  mountains;  the 
water  clear  and  cool,  and  full  of  fine  fi^h.    Glen  Lake,  a  feeder 


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of  Bomoneen,  is  a  smaller  sheet  of  water  to  the  west.  The 
Castleto..  Uiver,  which  flows  hy  the  southern  extremity  of  the 
lake,  is  a  clear,  beautiful  stream  rising  in  the  Greet.  Mountams. 
It  joins  the  r.mltnev  Uiver  at  Fair  Haven,  whence  the  two 
fin.;  their  way  to  Lake  Champlain  over  three  falls  whose  com- 
bined .leseent  is  two  hundred  feet.  Bird,  Herrick,  ami  Gdmore 
Jlo.mtains,  east  of  the  villa^re,  aflbrd  attractive  scenery.  Be- 
tween Bird  and  Gllmore  M..u..tains  is  a  narrow  pass  called 
»  The  Gate."    Through  it  is  laid  the  highway  and  railroad  to 

Ruthind.  ^       „    , 

An  Historic  and  legendary  Eegion. 

Twenty-six  miles  from   Uutland  is  Whitehall,  a  town  of 
about  six  thousand  inhabitants  at  the  southern  extremity  of  a 
branch  of  Lake  Champlain.     Tl.is  was  a  plac-e  of  much  i.npor- 
tance  during-  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  also  in  the  war  of 
the  Revolution,  in  connection  with  the  invasion  by  Burgoyne, 
iu  1777.     It  was  then  called  Skenesbor..n:4h,  and  is  relerre.l  to 
by  that  name  in  early  histories.     Ti.e  Champlain  Canal  which 
runs  from  Whitehall  to  Troy,  and  connects  the  waters  ot  Lake 
Champlain  with  the  Hu^ls....  Uiver,  taps  the  like  at  this  place. 
Boats  that  run  the  l.ngth  of  the  lake  have  a  lan.hng-place 
here    Passi.  -'  south  fmm  Whitehall,  the  country  is  move  evel. 
The  canal  is^in  view  much  of  the  way  from  the  car  windows  ; 
and  the  slowly-inovinj.  boats  and  tu-in,'  horses  are  often  to  be 
feen.    In  al.out  half  an  hour  afler  leaving   Whitehall,   Fort 
Ann  is  reached.    This  village  takes  its  name  from  the  fort 
which  was  erected  at  the  head  of  boat  nav.gation  on  Wood 
Creek,  in   1756,  during  the  wars  with  the  French.     Some  of 
the  remains  of  this  fort  may  still  be  seen.     St.ll  farther  sou  h 
is  Fort  Edward,  the  site  of  another  fortification  u.  our  early 
,vars.     It  was  at  this  place  that  'Jane  McCrea  was  murdered 
by  the   Ind-.ans    in    17V7,  during  the   invasion  of  Burgoyne. 
Miss  McCroa.  the  affianced  bride  of  an   American  royalist  m 
Burgoyne-s  army,  was  at  the  house  of  a  friend  near  the  fort 
A  parly  of  Indians  \n  the  employ  of  the  British  avtacked  the 


men 

rapid 

thcfi 

dang' 

gan  t 

outsic 

was  1 

Just 

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the  west.  The 
extremity  of  the 
Jreeii  Mountains, 
whence  the  two 
falls  whose  com- 
iek,  and  Gilmore 
ve  scenery.  Be- 
irrow  pass  called 
yr  and  railioal  to 

ion. 

ehall,  a  town  of 
rn  extremity  of  a 
;e  of  much  impor- 
Iso  in  the  war  of 
(ion  by  Burgoyne, 
and  is  rel'erred  to 
[)lain  Canal,  which 
lie  waters  of  Lake 

I  »ke  at  this  place. 
,e  a  lantling-place 
intry  ig  more  level. 
1  the  car  windows  ; 
rses  are  often  to  be 
jr  Wliiteliall,  Fort 
ame  from  the  fort 
avigaiion  on  Wood 
French.     Some  of 

Still  farther  south 
eation  in  our  early 
L'rea  was  murdered 
asion  of  Burgoyne. 
merican  royalist  in 
riend  near  the  fort. 
Jritish  avtacked  the 


house,  and  butchered  all  the  inmates  save  only  Miss  McCrea. 
Her  they  carried  away,  and  would  have  taken  alive  into  camp, 
but  that  they  feared  pursuit.  So  they  killed  lier,  and,  throwing 
her  boily  into  a  spring,  bore  her  bloody,  dripping  scalp  into  the 
presence  of  their  English  leader,  and  demanded  the  price  of  a 
traitor's  life.  Miss  McCrea's  lover  witnesseil  their  entrance, 
and  recognized  the  beautiful  hair.  From  that  moment  his  life 
was  all  blank;  and,  deserting  from  the  army,  he  wandered  piti- 
fully from  place  to  place  till  by  his  own  hand  l.e  pirislied. 

It  was  here  tliit  in  the  winter  of  1767  and  1768  General 
(then  Major)  Putnam  performed  one  of  his  daring  exploits. 
The  barracks,  near  a  powder-magazine,  took  fire  close  by  a 
pla(  e  where  three  hundred  barrels  of  gunpowder  were  stored. 
There  was  a  high  wind  blowing  ;  the  fire  was  raging  within 
twelve  feet  o£  the  powder;  and  a  man  might  well  hesitate  be- 
fore venturing  near.  At  first  an  effort  was  made  to  demolish 
the  barracks,  by  directing  the  fire  of  the  cannon  against  them. 
When  this  failed  to  stop  the  flames,  Putnam  ordered  a  line  of 
men  to  be  formed  from  the  river,  and  the  buckets  to  be  passed 
rapidly  as  po^'sible.  Putnam  himself  stooil  on  .a  ladder  near 
the  fire,  and  threw  on  the  water.  lie  was  urged  to  leave  his 
dangerous  position,  but  wouldn't  start  an  inch.  The  men  be- 
gan to  shrink ;  but  his  example  kept  them  to  their  work.  The 
outside  plank  sheathing  of  the  migazine  took  fire  ;  and  there 
was  but  the  thickness  of  a  single  plank  to  avert  the  explosion. 
Just  then  the  barracks  fell  in ;  and  the  fire  was  subdued,  and  the 
catastrophe  averted.  The  traces  of  the  fort  are  nearly  all 
erat^ed  at  present. 

The  St.  James' X  Hotel,  on  Broadway,  will  be  found  a  goo<l 
place  to  stop  at  in  Fort  Edward.  The  proprietor,  J.  N. 
Moore,  has  an  eye  to  the  welfare  of  guests,  and  knows  how  to 
make  them  feel  at  h  )me.  At  Fort  Edward  the  raihoad  firet 
touches  the  Hudson  River.  A  branch  leaves  the  main  line  at 
this  point  for  Glen's  Falls.  Southward  the  country  is  level,  and 
devoid  of  any  special  objects  of  attraction. 


ii 


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CHAPTER  II- 

N  forty  minutes  after  leaving  Fort  Edward  tl.e 
JN  lony  m  „  The  first  intimation 

cars  arrive  at  Saratoga.     in«  -„near- 

one  has  of  approaching  the  springs  .s  the  appear 
Jnce  of  buildings  to  the  left;  the  root  erected 
ov     the  most  nfrtherly  of  the  springs  comes  .nto 
vLw    the  valley  in  which  the  springs  he  .s  seen 
Zl  he  car  windows;  and  in  a  few  mmutes  ^e 
4.   cT^P  at  the  sUtion.    The  passenger  steps 
%   o^uZ  an  immensely  long  covered  platform 
W      :;,  rd^  carnages  waiting  to  take  ^-^  ->;.° 

ment  and  ^7°"' ^„  ,  ^^tering-place  and  summer  resort, 
renowned  and  delightful  ^a«''"B  P     comfortable  in  some  one 

When  the  -'»- J"  ^t 'r^^s^^^^^^^    ^^^^  ^^  *° 
of  the  many  excellent  hotels,  ne  oegm 

see  a-'.d  enjoy  the  wonders  at 

Saratoga -Springf. 

place.     A  long,  wiue »  .  ■/  avenue  the  land 


Fort  Edward,  tlie 
lie   first   intimation 
prings  is  the  appear- 
t;  the  roof  erected 
e  springs  comes  into 
e  springs  lie  is  seen 
in  a  few  minutes  the 
rhe  passenger  steps 
,g  covered  platform, 
to  take  him  to  any  of 

generous  entertain- 
I  stop  at  tliis  world- 
nd  summer  resort. 
Portable  in  some  one 
o  look  about  him  to 


natural  scenery  of  the 
ght,  named  Broaaway, 
this  avenue  the  land 
tion  of  which  is  north- 


l^^iwiiBijiiisy'iBiistsa' 


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(•a«t  anil  luiith-wesit.  ThU  vitlluy  cxtunth  tlirough  thn  villngo 
nnd  to  Monio  diatani'it  on  i-acli  iti<lu  lif  it.  Thirty  Mpriii^H  witli- 
in  the  lirnitH  of  the  villii}.'(t,  or  but  litth'  beyond  it,  conHtiintc 
the  Sirato^in  Sprhifiii  proper.  Tlio  valley  cnrves  to  the  Hoiith 
on  leavini^  tlm  villa)j;t',  and  inc  lu  h'»  the  Ha'Nton  Sprin({»  at  the 
goiilhtrn  end.  Keneatii  tlio  diirlofe  of  tliin  valley  are  the 
eauRcs  which  have  j^iven  to  thin  thronged  oununer  report  its 
great  eelebrity.  'Hid  forcei  of  nature  are  (piietly  at  work  in 
the  laboratories  far  nnder  the  ground,  u)ni|ioiinilin;;  medicine!) 
to  »tren(^then  the  weak,  and  heal  the  sick  in  every  part  of  the 
earth.  Men  can  find  the  in^irudicnta  of  theRc  medicines  ;  but 
they  cannot  put  them  together  no  a8  to  give  the  ellect  wliicii 
they  here  pnxhue.  It  i»  only  when  they  are  taken  direi^t  from 
tiie  hand  of  nature,  that  they  exerciiie  their  best  fxjwer :  hence 
the  nnrabers  that  first  came  here  to  be  cured  of  their  di.ieaqps; 
and  hence  the  ra|iidly  increasing  numbers  that  are  finding, 
from  ex|)erience,  the  value  of  the  health  restorers  which 
nature  hero  pours  out  so  IxiuntifuUy  for  all.  What  was  at  first 
a  place  of  healing  merely,  has  become  a  place  where  the 
wealthy  and  fashionable,  from  all  over  our  own  land  and  from 
foreign  lands,  come  every  year  for  recreation  and  re.it,  as  well 
as  for  health.  Yet  the  amount  of  room  and  the  aicommoda- 
tions  are  so  ample,  that  people  of  moderate  means,  even  in  the 
height  of  the  season,  can  always  be  provided  with  rooms  and 
board  of  good  ({uality,  and  at  moderate  expense.  Nothing  can 
easily  surpass  the  elegance  that  is  displayed  on  every  hand, 
when  the  ^lile  of  Anieri-.-an  wealth,  fashion,  and  culture  assem- 
ble here  in  the  height  of  the  season,  to  rest  from  the  toil  and 
tumult  of  action,  business,  or  wearing  study,  and  join  in  the 
exhilarating  festivities  that  make  this  place,  of  all  the  fashiona- 
ble watcring-phices  in  the  country,  the  highest  representative 
of  American  society. 

To  people  who  have  been  conversant  with  Saratoga  hereto- 
fore, and  have  seen  its  hotels  of  well-deserved,  world-wide 
renown, — palaces,  iu  fact,  into  which  evary  thing  that  can 


le 


TOVBiaTS'  ii.4snnnoK. 


inlnliter  to  tbe  comfort  or  Joiivoiilonce,  or  enlmn(  e  .iic  \Amt- 
iiris  of  llielr  i>atn>«iii  liiw  Iw.  n  \>rmf^hU  —  ''  "••"l''  »"•'"•  ^'"""^ 
in  viiin  to  Ktt.inpt  the  conttiiu-tlon  of  an  .ililito  wliUli  ih.mlil 
a»  far  Hurpaii  nil  olhfrt  in  Its  apiH.intinoiilt  aixl  i.iirro.indiii«i 
(in  it  towuri  nlMvc  them  in  »i««.  Thi*  ta^k,  .IKIi.ult  a»  It  may 
«ec.n,  has  neverthtliM  b.-en  aicoinpiinh.-il.  I'h.i-nix-like,  from 
the  aiihi'i  of  the  ohl  •tructurc,  ban  arU.Mi  iho  «ranJe»i  build- 
ing  of  it!  kind  in  the  world. 

Tha  Haw  Vnitad  Btatai. 

At  a  co«t  of  oTcr  a  nillllnn  dollar*,  Moaw.  I'erry,  Toinp- 
kin«,  Ainu  worth,  &  Co.  have  erected  upon  the  »ite  of  the  old 
United  States  — around  whl.h  no  many  pleasant  meuiorios 
clii«teri<l,  and  which  was  unfortunately  destroyed  by  fire  a  few 
yeara  ago  -  this  Inimenso  structure.  It  is  situated  on  Broadway 
and  Division  Streets,  extending  on  the  latter  fully  back  to  the 
ilepot,  with  which  it  coinmunl<  aUs  by  a  lofty  arched  passage 
for  the  convenience  of  guests  who  arrive  in  rainy  weather. 

To  say  that  the  building  is  immense,  conveys  no  Idea  of  its 
proportions;    that  its  internal  arrangements  are  unequalled, 
will    n  )t  describe  them  to  the   comfort-loving  paler/umilian ; 
that  lis  park,  promenades,  ball-room,  and  wide  verandas  are 
beautiful,  lovely,  e-x.iuisite,  and  delightful,  cannot  picture  them 
even  to  our  romantic  young  la-ly  friend>i.     The  building  covers 
seven  acres  of  ground,  and  is  arranged  in  the  form  of  an 
irregular  penta^m.  having  a  frontage  of  two  hundied  and 
thirty-two  feet  on    Jroailway,  five  hundred  and  three  on  Divis- 
ion Street,  and  or.v  nundred  and  fifty-three  on  Railroad  Place, 
extending  back  through  all  its  length  fifty-four  feet.     At  the 
Bouth  end  of  the  "  main  front "  commences  the  "  Cottage 
Wing,"  and  extends  back  at  right  angles  to  the  main  building 
five  hundred  and  sixty-sU  feet.    This  wing  is  one  of  the 
prominent  and  peculiar  features  of  the  building,  being  intended 
to  give  famiUes  and  parties  the  same  quiet  and  leclusion  which 


nnoK. 

ee,  or  onlmin  e  inu  jiIimk- 
,  —  it  would  Rucin  almost 
an  t'llilicu  wliU'li  ihoiiid 
iiiuiiU  aixl  Niirroiindiiixi 
I  tank,  dliri>'ult  a«  it  iimy 
lu'd.  I'hd-nix-likt',  from 
«un  thu  {|{rind«9iit  build- 


tatat. 

r»,  Mi'«*r«.  Ponry,  Toinp- 
upon  tlie  site  of  the  old 
oany  pleaiant    ineinorlo!) 
ly  destroyed  by  firo  a  fovr 
It  i»  nituatcd  on  Hroa<lwny 
ic  latter  fully  back  to  tho 
ly  a  lofty  arched  passage 
irrive  in  rainy  weather. 
JO,  conveys  no  Idea  of  its 
igemonts  are  unequalled, 
ifort-loving  paterfamilias ; 
m,  and  wide  verandas  are 
htful,  cannot  picture  them 
ndst.     Tho  building  covers 
angcd  in  the  form  of  an 
»ge  of  two  bundled  and 
ndred  and  three  on  Divis- 
y-ihree  on  Railroad  Place, 
;th  fifty-four  feet.     At  the 
jomniencea  the  "  Cottage 
ngles  to  the  main  building 
This  wing  is  one  of  the 
le  building,  being  intended 
s  quiet  and  leclusion  which 


it 


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tliey  could  get  in  a  private  cottage,  with  tlie  addition  of  the 
attention  and  eonvenienoes  belonging  to  a  tirst-class  hotel. 
In  this  wing  the  rooms  are  arranged  in  suUes,  containing  from 
one  to  seven  bcdi-ooms,  with  parlor,  bath- room,  and  water- 
closet  attached  to  each  suite.  Here  fatnilies  can  dine  at  their 
own  tables  if  they  clioose,  and  be  in  every  way  as  much  iso- 
lated as  if  in  a  private  villa  of  their  own.  In  the  main  front, 
on  Broadway,  is  tiie  grand  drawing-room,  eighty-six  feet  in 
length  by  fifty  iu  breadth,  furnished  in  blue,  with  the  finest 
Axminster  carpets,  carved  black  walnut  and  marble  furniture, 
superb  curtains  and  chandeliers.  The  chandeliers  in  this 
room  cost  each  one  thousand  ciollars. 

North  of  the  entrance  hall  is  the  ladies'  parlor,  furnished 
with  exquisite  taste.  Aladdin  would  have  '•ubbed  his  potent 
lamp  in  vain  if  the  genie  which  it  summoned  had  been  com- 
manded to  construct  its  like. 

Next  comes  the  gentlemen's  reading-room,  on  the  corner  of 
Broadway  and  Division  Streets,  coniiectLd  with  the  business 
offices,  in  which  is  the  largest  telegraphic  annunciator  in  the 
world,  sixteen  feet  square.  West  of  this  is  the  grand  diuing- 
hall,  fifty  by  two  hundred  and  twelve  feet,  also  the  private  din- 
iag-parlors,  offices,  wine-room,  &e. 

Tiie  grand  ballroom  is  situated  in  the  second  story  of  the 
Division-street  wing,  and  is  without  doubt  the  finest  room  of 
its  kind  in  the  world.  Connected  with  it  is  a  quiet  and  se- 
cluded veranda  overlooking  the  lawn.  This  retreat,  dimly 
lighted,  and  secure  from  inquiring  eyes  as  it  is,  where  the 
strains  of  music  from  the  ballroom  are  faintly  heard,  mingled 
with  the  plashing  of  the  fountain  beneath,  and  the  murmur  of 
the  wind  in  the  tree-tops  vhich  bend  above  it,  must  all  con- 
spire to  make  this  a  pe .  feet  elysium  for  that  large  class  of 
people  who  have  "  some  thmg  sweet  to  say  "  to  each  other,  and 
perhaps,  perhaps,  a  gentle  caress  to  bestow  if  no  one  is  peep- 
ing. It  is  to  be  i'eared  that  the  lovely  surroundings  of  this 
place  will  have  to  be  blessed  or  blamed,  ere  the  season  closes, 
for  the  capture  of  many  a  susceptible  heart. 


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s,  with  tlie  addition  of  the 
;ing  to  a  tirat-clasH  hotel. 
i  in  su'.tes,  containing  from 
or,  bath- room,  and  water- 
i  families  can  dinu  at  their 
n  every  way  as  much  ieo- 
•  own.  In  the  main  front, 
iig-room,  eighty-sis  feet  in 
d  in  blue,  with  the  finest 
ilnut  and  marble  furniture, 
The  chandeliers  in  this 
ars. 

le  ladies'  parlor,  furnished 
d  have  '•ubbed  his  potent 
suintnoned  had  been  com- 

iing-room,  on  the  corner  of 
innectcd  with  the  business 
;raphic  annunciator  in  the 
3f  this  is  the  grand  diuing- 
kre  feet,  also  the  private  din- 
in  the  second  story  of  the 
It  doubt  the  finest  room  of 
I  with  it  is  a  quiet  and  se- 
lawn.  This  retreat,  dimly 
ig  eyes  as  it  is,  where  the 
1  are  faintly  heard,  mingled 
beneath,  and  the  murmur  of 
end  above  it,  must  all  con- 
ium  for  that  large  class  of 
t  to  say  "  to  each  other,  and 
0  bestow  if  no  one  is  peep- 
lovely  surroundings  of  this 
imcd,  ere  the  season  closes, 
)le  heart. 


All  the  various  rooms  throughout  the  house  are  furnished  in 
•he  richrtst  and  most  tasteful  style,  with  running  water  in  each, 
—  an  advantage  wliich  only  those  who  have  heretofore  mourned 
its  absence  in  Saratoga  hotels  can  appreciate.  The  elevators, 
two  in  number,  are  of  the  Otis  Bros',  manufacture.  One  is 
intended  solely  for  the  use  of  arriving  and  the  other  for  de- 
parting guests. 

It  would  be  not  only  superfluous  hut  impossible,  to  give  any 
thing  like  an  accurate  description  of  this  palace  among  hotels 
in  a  work  like  this.  To  be  appreciated  it  must  be  seen  ;  and 
before  tlie  close  of  the  season  many  hundreds  of  the  seekers 
after  pleasure,  who  annually  visit  Saratoga,  will  have  had  oc- 
casion to  own  that  the  New  United  States  is  the  finest  hotel  in 
the  world.  The  management  is  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  J.  M. 
Marvin,  the  long-time  proprietor  of  the  old  hotel.  His  return 
to  the  business  will  be  hailed  with  joy  by  scores  of  his  former 
guests. 

There  are  many  other  fim  hotels  in  Saratoga;  but  they  will 
not  require  a  detailed  description,  for  they  have  been  long  and 
favorably  known  to  the  travelling  public.  Each  has  some 
special  point  of  attraction  ;  but  these  have  been  so  often  en- 
larged upon,  that  the  tourist  feels  perfectly  acquainted  with 
them.     Prominent  among  them  is  the 

Grand  Union, 

on   Broadway,  a  short  distance  south  of  the   United  States, 
this  season  under  the  control  of  Messrs.  Breslin,  Purceli,  and 
Acker.    It  accommodates  twelve  hundred  guests. 
Across  the  street,  directly  opposite  the  Giand  Union,  is 

Congress  Hall. 

This  structure  is  four  hundred  and  sixteen  feet  in  length, 
and  is  supplied  with  every  thing  that  can  give  pleasure,  and 
add  to  the  comfort  of  guests.    At  each  extremity  there  are 


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two  large  wings  that  extend  back  three  hundred  feet,  and 
greatly  enlarge  the  accommodations.  Like  the  Grand 
Union,  it  occupies  an  entire  square,  covering  all  the  space 
between  Spring  and  Congress  Streets.  There  is  a  piazza 
twenty  feet  in  width  running  along  the  Broadway  front,  afford- 
ing ample. space  for  promenades.  Three  promenades  are  built 
upon  the  roof  of  Congress  Hall,  which  provide  delightful  restr 
ing-places  in  the  cool  of  the  evening,  and  give  a  splendid  view 
of  the  neighboring  localities.  A  large  ball-room  beautifully 
frescoed  and  fitted  in  every  way  for  the  assemblies-  that  gather 
there,  is  one  of  the  improvements  added  in  1869.  An  elevator 
transports  gueste  from  story  to  story.  Congress  llj^ll  occupies 
the  site  of  a  former  house  of  the  same  name,  which  was  con- 
sumed by  fire  in  May,  1866. 

On  Broadway,  south  of  the  Grand  Union,  is  the 

Grand  Central  Hotel, 

which  was  last  year  leased  by  Major  VV.  W.  Leland.  Its  suc- 
cess was  not  such  as  to  warrant  him  in  the  continuance  of  the 
lease ;  and  this  season  it  has  been  opened  by  Mr.  John  B. 
Cozzen!<,  one  of  the  famous  West  Point  Hotel  family. 

Still  south  of  the  Grand  Central,  we  come  to  another  of  the 
older  Saratoga  hotels,  the 

Clarendon, 

Mr.  Charles  Leland,  proprietor.  This  house  is  one  of  the  most 
aristocratic  at  the  Spring;*,  and  is  too  well  known  to  require 
other  than  this  passing  mention. 

Let  us  now  turn  our  attention  to  another  class  of  houses,  of 
which  there  are  many,  more  modest  in  their  pretensions,  more 
homelike  in  their  appointments,  and  more  moderate  in  their 
charges,  hence  better  suited  to  that  class  of  health  or  pleasure 
seekers  who  either  do  not  choose,  or  cannot  afford,  to  pay  the 
highest  prices  of  the  largest  houses,  and  are  willing  to  forego 
the  nightly  hop,  the  weakly  grand  balls,  the  music,  and  other 


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three  hundred  feet,  and 
ins.  Like  the  Grand 
3,  covering  all  the  space 
iets.  Tiiere  is  a  piazza 
le  IJroadway  front,  afTord- 
iree  promenades  are  built 
h  provide  delightful  rest- 
and  give  a  splendid  view 
:ge  ball-room  beautifully 
lie  assemblies'  that  gather 
led  in  1869.  An  elevator 
Congress  Hj^ll  occupies 
me  name,  which  was  con- 
Union,  is  the 
otel, 

■  VV.  W.  Leland.  Its  sue- 
in  the  continuance  of  the 
opened  by  Mr.  John  B. 

int  Hotel  family. 

we  come  to  another  of  the 


lis  house  is  one  of  the  most 
ao  well  Icnown  to  require 

another  class  of  houses,  of 
,  in  their  pretensions,  more 
1  more  moderate  in  their 
class  of  health  or  pleasure 
cannot  afford,  to  pay  the 
,  and  are  willing  to  forego 
balls,  the  music,  and  other 


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.nducements,  at  the  places  above  mentioned.  There  are  many 
of  the«e  „.„„r  hotels,  and  ver,  good  ones  too  ;  but  we  cl  only 
mention  a  few  of  the  most  prominent.  ^ 

The  Waverly  Home, 
Roberts  &  Riggs,  proprietors,  situated  on  Broadway  a  a-w 
rod.  north  of  the  town  hall.  It  accommodates  no  ill 
wuhout  over-crowding,  and  is  as  well  arranged  as  any  of  ttj 
arge  hotels  in  the  place.  The  parlors  and  dinin™,n  1 
^e  and  air  „d  furnished  ia  excellent  taste.  The  Zpi„;- 
vTence-o/f  "?  ""'T  "^  ""^""^^"^  in  suites  for  the'con- 

cateThlr;'"^'"'^^'°'■^'"^'^'  ""^^  ^^^  <^— - 

cate  with  the  balconies,  which  extend  around  the  house  and 
afford  some  of  .he  loveliest  views  of  the  surrounding  coun^rto 
Ij  obtained  ,n  this  place.  Among  the  chief  attractions  which 
h.s  exceUent  house  has  for  those  who  pilfer  health,  quiet,  and 
eomfor   to  heat,  dust,  noise,  and  discomfort,  are  i»  hrge,  airy, 

rate^rtr"'      '""'    ^  '"''"  '''^^"'^^  ^  >'«  ^°^- 
The  Holdon  Home 

Iholifr'^^'^'  '  ?T  ''"^^  """''  "^  '^^  United  States.    Al- 
^ough  this  is  one  of  the  smaller  hotels,  yet  every  thing  is  com- 

clean,  and  furnished  in  an  excellent  manner.    Its  prices  are 
low;  and,  what  is  of  far  greater  interest  to  the  trav  Her  Z 
proprietor.  Major  VV.  J.  Rigg«,  i«  «  „,„  ^^om  the  vis  uTr  wi 
be  glad  to  meet     An  old  soldier,  all  one  has  to  do  to  draw 
h.m  out  IS  to  alhide  to  the  late  «  onpleasantness ; "  and  he  wiU 

"S'-wZf  ''"  TT^'*''  *«>-  «f  wkthesawt 
uix\e,    when  he  wore  the  shoulder-straps. 

The  Kineral  Waten. 
The  medicinal  springs  within  its  precincts  have  given   a 
celebrity  to  the  town  of  Saratoga,  which  f..  othef  ^aces 


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IK)88e88.  Wonder  at  its  growth  and  long-contini  ed  pronpei  ity, 
as  smaller  watering-places  may  seem  to  do,  its  citizens  have 
something  mbstantial  on  wliicH  they  may  pin  their  faith  in  its 
increasing  prosperity,  namely,  its  matchless  mineral  watrrs 
and  it8  natural  attractions. 

The  valley  famous  for  its  healing  waters  is  crescent-shaped, 
extending  from  Ballston  Spa  to  Quaker  Springs,  some  seven- 
teen miles.  In  the  very  centre  of  this  valley,  the  village  of 
Saratoga  Springs  is  situated  ;  and  the  waters  which  bubble  up 
in  its  irecincts  come  from  the  very  ♦i.-ntain-head  of  a  neigh- 
borhood which  surpasses  the  known  •t.orld  in  its  hygienic  ad 
vantages,  and  in  the  value  and  variety  of  its  mineral  springs. 

Beginning  at  the  northern  extremity  of  this  valley,  the  first 
which  will  claim  our  attention  is 


THE  STAR  srnma. 


located  on  Spring  Avenue,  near  the  termination  of  Circular 
Street.  Star  Spring  Co.,  proprietors;  Melvin  Wright,  super- 
intendent. Under  the  name  of  President  Spring,  and  after- 
ward Iodine  Spring,  the  fountain  now  called  the  Star  has  been 


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i,g-contimed  prosperity, 
to  do,  its  citizens  bave 
ay  pin  their  faith  in  its 
latchless  mineral  waters 

-aters  is  crescent-shaped, 
ker  Springs,  some  seven- 
his  valU-y,  the  village  of 
3  waters  which  bubble  up 
„..„tain-head  of  a  neigh- 
^orld  in  its  hygienic  ad- 
tyof  its  mineral  «prings. 
ity  of  this  valley,  the  first 


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pitixa. 

[he  termination  of  Circular 
,r9-,  Melvin  Wright,  super- 
.'resident  Spring,  and  after- 
low  called  the  Star  has  bccB 


known  for  nearly  a  century,  —  lonu  enoiijrh  to  test  its  merits, 
and  lon^  enoii;ih  to  sink  it  in  oblivion  if  it  possessed  no  merits. 
Its  I'istre  is  undimmed  ;  and  it  promises  to  be  a  star  that  shall 
ne'»er  set.  During  tht-sc  many  years  a  goodly  proportion  of 
tottering  humanity  have  found  in  this  spring  an  amendment  to 
their  several  crippled  constitutions.  It  was  first  tubed  in  18.'?5. 
In  lS(i5  the  Star  Spring  Co.  was  formed  ;  and  in  the  following 
year  tlie  spring  was  reinbed  under.;  ir  direction.  In  1870 
they  erected  the  finest  hottlin<;-house  in  Sarntoaa.  Great  care 
is  taken  to  preserve  the  spring  in  a  pure  condition  and  perfect 
repair.  The  water  has  become  immen.sely  popular  in  New 
England,  where  it  is  "  the  spring,"  and  throughout  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  The  proprietors  of  this  spring,  feelin;;  the 
need  of  some  method  of  transportins;  the  water  in  bulk,  to 
avoid  the  heavy  cost  of  bottling,  anrl  the  heavy  freights  upon 
the  same.  commen(!ed  in  1860  to  send  the  water  in  barrels 
made  of  r-ck  maple.  This  method  proved  a  failure,  as  it  was 
impossible  to  confine  the  gases  in  wood,  and  impossible  to  pre- 
pare the  wood  in  a  manner  not  to  impart  to  the  water  its 
peculiar  taste.  They  thi'n  prepared  the  tin-lined  barrels 
(ptitent  dated  November,  1867),  which  proved  a  su<'ces3. 
These  barrels  are  used  to  convey  the  water  to  all  parts  of  the 
country.  It  is  then  drawn  into  fountains,  and  charged  li}.'htly 
with  gas  to  restore  it  to  its  original  condition,  and  is  dispensed 
by  tlie  glass,  and  is  as  palatable  and  effective  as  at  the  natural 
fountain.  This  mt^thod  has  become  very  popular  where 
known. 

For  commercial  use.  the  water  is  sold  in  cases  of  quarts  and 
pints ;  and  besides,  owing  to  the  large  amount  of  gas  which  is 
finely  incorporated  with  the  water,  the  company  are  enabled 
to  supply  families  ■with  it  in  kegs  of  fifteen  gallons,  in  which 
the  water  keeps  a^  well  as  in  battles,  and  at  one-fourth  to  one- 
si.Kth  the  cost.  This  method  seems  to  give  entire  satisfaction, 
and  is  fast  coming  info  general  use.  This  is  the  only  spring 
that  supplies  the  water  in  bulk  to  families.     The  price  to  drug- 


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TOURISTS'   HANDUi'OK. 


gisU,  in  bulk,  is  twenty  cents  pet  gallon  ;  to  familii-s,  four  dol- 
lars per  half  barrel ;  to  the  trade,  in  cases,  at  twtnty-one  dollars 
per  gros.  for  pint^ ,  snd  thirty  dollars  per  gross  for  (juiirts.  The 
large  and  pleasant  office  in  the  bottling-house  is  adorned  with 
flowers  and  shrubs,  rare  exotics  of  great  beauty.  Visitors 
will  find  here  ample  accommodations  for  rest  and  recreation, 
as  the  office  is  open  to  all. 

The  Star  water  is  mildly  cathartic  ;  has  a  pleasant,  slifihtly 
aci<l  taste,  gentle  and  ht-althy  in  its  action,  and  yet  powerful 
in  its  effect!).  It  is  far  more  desirable  for  j;enera!  use  as  a  ca- 
thartic, than  the  preparations  of  the  apothecary.  Rev.  Dr. 
Cuyler,  in  one  of  his  pecuUarly  charining  letters,  gives  the 
Star  water  preference  over  all  others  as  an  active  and  efficient 
cathar.ic.  While  the  immediate  effects  of  the  Star  Spring  are 
cathartic,  its  remote  effects  are  alterative  ;  and  these,  after  all, 
should  be  considered  the  most  important,  as  the  water  thus 
reaches  and  changes  the  morbid  condition  of  the  whole  .system. 
In  this  part  of  the  village,  and  near  the  St*r,  i"  the  famous 
High  Rock  Spring.  It  is  the  oldest,  in  point  of  dis.overy,  of 
any  of  the  Saratoga  si)rings.  It  takes  its  nam^  from  the  dome- 
shaped  rock,— the  de{)osit  which  the  wat«r,  flowing  for  centu- 
ries, has  thrown  down,  —  which  covers  it.  and  through  which 
the  gas-charged  water  still  bubbles  up  Until  recently,  the 
water  did  not  overflow  the  ro<;k,  but  escaped  underneath  it. 
In  1866,  the  present  proprietors,  however,  removed  the  rock 
from  its  bed  by  the  aid  of  a  powerful  derrick,  tubed  the  spring, 
and,  replacing  the  rock,  fi.\ed  it  in  its  present  position. 

There  were  numerous  reasons  assigned  in  the  traditions  of 
the  Indians,  why  the  Great  Spii  it  was  displeased  and  the 
water  ceased  to  overflow.  In  our  researches  about  Saratoga, 
we  found  a  legand,  that,  far  back  when  the  deer  made  this  their 
resort,  and  were  shot  bylmnters  while  regaling  themrelves  at 
the  fountain,  an  Indian  maiden  who  was  impure  bathed  in  the 
spring,  since  which  time  the  water  did  not  rise  to  the  top  of 
the  mound.  As  a  bit  of  fantasy,  we  present  the  legend  as 
thus  narrated :  — 


OJivOK. 


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26 


Hon  ;  to  familii's,  four  dol- 
jasen,  at  twtiity-one  dollars 
per  grogs  for  (iu;irt8.  The 
ng-bouse  is  adorneil  with 
;  great  beauty.  Visitors 
IS  for  rest  and  recreation, 

i ;  ha8  a  pleasant,  slipihtly 
action,  and  yet  powerful 
Ic  for  j^eneral  use  as  a  ca- 
ho  apothecary.     Rev.  Dr. 
[.arming  letters,  gives  the 
1  as  an  active  and  efficient 
ects  of  tbe  Star  Spring  are 
ativo  ;  and  these,  afier  all, 
lortant,  as  the  water  thus 
dition  of  the  whole  .system, 
ear  the  St«r,  is  the  famous 
,  in  point  of  disiovery,  of 
L'S  its  name,  from  the  dome- 
c  water,  flowing  for  centu- 
vers  it,  and  through  which 
I  up      Until  recently,  the 
lut  escaped  underneath  it. 
lowever,  removed  the  rock 
1  derrick,  tubed  the  spring. 
Is  present  position, 
signed  in  the  traditions  of 
it  was  displeased  and  the 
researches  about  Saratoga, 
len  the  deer  made  this  their 
liile  regaling  themrelves  at 
)  was  impure  bathed  in  the 
did  not  rise  to  the  top  of 
we  present  the  legend  as 


"  Knr  In  tho  forest's  deep  recess, 

Dark,  hidden,  and  iilone, 
'Mid  mnrMhy  ferns  and  tangled  wopds, 

Tlioro  rose  a  rocky  cone. 
It  WB8  a  BtriinRO,  mysterious  spotj 

And  near  no  mortal  dwelled  ; 
But  there,  retired,  tlie  sorcerer  priont 

His  snored  orgies  held. 

There  the  fierce  teimnts  of  tho  wood 

On  one  another  preyed ; 
And,  thongh  the  timid  deer  were  slnin, 

Yet  fondly  round  thi,y  strayed. 
Their  natures  craved  the  saline  draught; 

Kor  that  they  eager  sought ; 
And  oft  one  single  hasty  sip 

Was  with  their  life-blood  bought. 

Within  that  rocky  cone  a  spring 

Of  healing  water  rose; 
And  o'er  the  top  it  glittering  spreads; 

And  down  the  sides  it  flows ; 
It  looked  as  if  with  brilliant  gepis 

That  curtained  rock  .vas  bonud, 
As  sparkling  hung  the  niry  stream, 

Like  floating  drapery  round. 

From  forth  the  forest's  deepest  gloom, 

There  moved  with  stealthy  pace 
A  female  form  of  lovely  mould 

And  beauty's  witching  face; 
Upon  her  brow  the  summer  sun 

And  the  free  desert  air 
Had  cast  a  mellow  auburn  tint, 

With  love  to  revel  there. 

She  come  to  bathe  in  that  pure  spring. 

As  forth  the  waters  boiled ; 
Her  hand  she  raised  to  touch  the  fount: 

Back !  back  !  the  stream'  recoiled. 


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Deep  printed  on  that  beating  tieiut, 

Forever  to  remain, 
In  npite  (if  tears  ami  el«aii»lng  foui't», 

There  was  »  guilty  stain. 

Down  in  the  bosom  of  the  rook, 

The  gurgling  fountain  fell ; 
There  still  it  Hows;  anil  its  lone  lonn.i 

As  notes  of  warning  swell. 
Thiit  guilty  one  In  frantic  fear 

Kleil  with  desponding  shiiniB-, 
Nor  was  she  ever  beard  of  more; 

And  none  recalled  her  name. 


The  Saratoga  "A"  Spring. 
In  th^  same  vicinity  and  under  the  same  proprietorship  is 
the  Saratoga  "  A  "  Spring.     The  memory  of  man  nmneth  not 
to  the  time  when  mineral  water  was  not  to  be  found  some- 
where in  this  immediate  vicinity.     In  186.5  Messrs.  Western 
&  Co.  purchased  the  property,  and  at  once  in.st.tutcd  plans  lor 
seonring   the  fountain;   and  a  shaft  twelve  feet   s.pmre  was 
gunk   to  the  depth  of  sixteen  feet.     Ti.e  surface  above  the 
rock  consists  of  bluish  marl,  similar  to  that  foun.l  all  alon,' 
this  mineral  valley.     A  tube,  in  the  usual  form,  was  place  1 
over  the  spring;  and  cUy  was  used  as  packing  around  it.      n 
the  spring  of  the  next  year  the  fountain  was  more  perfectly 
secured  by  a  new  tubing;   and  the  water  wa3  bottled,  and 
shipped  all  over  the  country. 

An  ill  wind  seemed  to  be  blowing;  and  in  1867  the  botthng- 
house  was  nearly  destroyed  by  fire.  And  the  spring  was  agmn 
re-tubed  to  the  .lepth  of  thiriytwo  feet,  going  down  to  the 
solid  rock,  where  one  of  the  most  perfect  veins  of  water  was 
found  flowing  in  all  its  original  purity,  which  was  secured  with 
the  greatest  care,  in  o.-der  to  prevent  the  mixture  of  sulphur- 
ous or  other  waters,  and  carried  to  the  surface  through  a  tube 
made  of  maple. 


BOOK. 

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"  Spring. 

the  same  proprietorship  is 
;mory  of  man  runneth  not 
as  not  to  be  found  8ome- 
In  186.J  Messrs.  Western 
It  once  in.stitute(l  plans  for 
I  twelve  feet  wpiare  was 
,  The  surface  above  the 
r  to  that  found  all  alon,' 
ic  usual  form,  was  place  1 
I  as  packing  around  it.  In 
(untain  was  more  perfectly 
le  water  was  bottled,  and 

;;  and  in  1867  the  bottling- 
And  the  spring  was  again 
0  feet,  going  down  to  the 
perfect  veins  of  water  was 
ity,  which  was  secured  with 
ent  the  mixture  of  sulphur- 
j  the  surface  through  a  tube 


At  pmwnt  the  spring  itoelf  is  protected  by  a  temporary 
ctruuture,  while  the  water  is  tottlcd  in  a  portion  of  the  origi- 
nal building  which  was  not  destroyed  by  tiro.  The  spring  is 
at  some  little  distance  from  the  business  part  of  Saratoga;  and, 
since  the  bottling-house  was  destroyed,  no  sfiecial  etVorts  have 
been  made  to  attract  a  crowd  of  visitor',  though  many  who 
know  the  virtues  of  tlio  water  take  the  pains  and  trouble  to 
go  out  of  their  way  to  obtain  it  fresh  from  the  spring  in  all 
its  purity,  aa  it  is  held  in  the  highest  esthnation  by  all  who  have 
used  it. 

The  officers  of  the  present  company  are  John  F.  II  >, 
President ;  U.  S.  Barrett,  Secretary ;  and  Eilwin  F.  Stevens, 
Treasurer. 

In  this  locality  are  also  to  be  found  the  Red  and  Empire 
Springs,  and  some  others  of  lesser  note. 

The  Pavilion  Spring. 

Coming  down  the  valley  we  reach  the  Pavilion  Spring, 
which  for  more  than  thirty  years  has  been  favorably  known. 
It  is  central  in  position,  and  with  the  neat  park  around  it  is 
a  pleasant  place  of  resort.  Church  Street  bound.i  the  p.ark  on 
the  north.  Spring  Avenue  e.xtcjnds  northward,  from  about  tLo 
middle  of  the  park. 

The  Congreii  Spring. 

Proceeding  still  a  little  farther  south  on  Broadway,  we  come 
to  the  beautiful  Congress  Park,  and  the  far-famed  Congress 
Spring.  Tl)e  oblong  pavilion  that  eovers  it  stands  on  East 
Congress  Street,  near  Broadway.  This  spring  was  discovered 
in  1 792  by  a  party  of  men  who  were  hunting  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. The  Hon.  J.  T.  Gilinan,  who  was  at  that  time  an  ex- 
member  of  Congress  from  Exeter,  N.H.,  was  in  the  party ;  and 
in  honor  of  him  it  was  named  Congress  Spring.  Bottling  of  this 
water  began  in  182.3,  since  which  time  immense  quantities  of 
it  have  been  carried  to  every  part  of  the  globe.     This  spring. 


..'..7'y 


COSGHESS  PARK. 


lOVIilST.f    IIAShliOOK. 


29 


4  UK. 


jind  nl«o  tho  Kmpi«>  Spritij?,  arc  owiic"!  liy  an  inrorporntoil 
coiiinany,  wliich  «l»oown»  Conj^n-.tn  Park,  on  the  cilgn  dI"  which 
th.'  Congrcaa  Spring;  pavilion  staiidB. 

When  taken  hclon-  hri'i.kfaNt  th«  water  in  a  pleanant  and 
very  effective  catharlii'.  Drank  in  moderate  tpiaiitieN  throu<{h- 
out  the  day,  it  b  a  delightliil,  wholcsunte  bevera^'e,  itx  aU'ect.-* 
bein^  alterative  and  Kli)>litly  tonic.  It  '\»  KUceeMxfidly  hhciI 
in  atrectionH  of  the  liver  and  kidneys  ;  and  for  chronic  coimti- 
pation,  dyg|>ep8ia,  and  gout  it  is  hi^rldy  valued.  It  has  l>cen 
employed  in  cases  of  renal  calculi  with  decidedly  bineficial 
results.  Invali('s  have  been  otlen  surprised  ami  delighted, 
after  using  the  watem  a  few  weeks,  to  lind  then)selve»  rupiiliy 
gaining  flesh  and  strength ;  the  real  fleeret  of  their  improve- 
ment being  in  the  oHect  of  tli»j  water,  which  greatly  increases 
the  power  of  assimilation,  tlicreby  securing  a  larger  proportion 
of  the  nutrition  contained  in  (bod,  much  of  which  is  lost 
when  the  digestive  functions  have  become  impaired.  In  cases 
of  chronic  dyspepsia,  a  persevering  use  of  the  water,  with 
proper  dietetic  restrictions,  and  suitable  attention  to  the  ordi- 
nary rules  of  health,  ;;ives  the  sufferer  a  speedy  sense  of  re- 
lief, and  in  the  end  is  certain  to  eradicate  the  disease  with  its 
attendant  miseries.  Aj  a  general  renovator  and  preserver  of 
health,  as  a  homo  remedy  at  once  innocent  and  ellicient.  Con- 
gress water  is  of  incalculable  value.  It  is  prescribed  by  the 
faculty  in  certain  diseases  with  as  much  confidence  as  any 
preparation  known  to  the  apothecary. 

Where  there  is  a  debilitated  condition  of  the  stomach  and 
bowels,  resulting  in  chronic  diarrhoea,  the  water  produces 
fr«e  dejections,  without  languor  or  debility,  thus  removing  the 
fcEtid  and  irritatin:^  accumulations  induced  by  the  intlated 
state  of  the  system,  and  which  provoke  the  disease;  and  it 
also  acts  as  a  gentle  stimulant,  by  which  the  digestive  functions 
are  improved,  and  such  additional  strength  imparted  to  the 
body  as  enables  nature  successfully  to  combat  with  the  disease. 
The  U80  of  the  water  as  a  cathartic  is  also  be«eficial  in  jaun- 


TOURISTS'   HAS /'HOOK. 


81 


diet',  the  vnriii'iH  furmt  of  iK'urnI|{iu,  «nlarK«'iiiPnt  of  the  liver 
ami  "pli'en,  rl  I'liiimtif  nITcctioiiH,  (Mitiiiifoiiii  illHt'i\Ken,  ami   in 
iK'iirly  nil  (liionlfii  oc'caiiiiiiicil  by  llun  nmiid  of  fiiiiliiuiiHl>iu 
iniliilufnced  >ri'iifriilly  tiTiiiHtl  "lii(jli  living;.''      Iimtcntl  of  cauii- 
\nii  naiiMuu  or  (llHturlmiicc  of  llm  Hloinat-li,  iim  Ik  tiie  I'lloct  of 
oniiiinry   cathariicM,   tlin    wntrr,    while   it    |>rotliireM  ei(|iiiiiig 
('vni-u<ilion!<,  (eemi  at  the  name  tiiiio  to  inviuoralu  the  whuin 
H\>teiii,   jfivlii;;  a   n>\M\  for  the    coiirxest   ami  most   common 
artieleit  of  food.     The  frrcdoin   from  (;ri|iinK  [mins,  whiih   i* 
noticeable  in  the  cnthitrtie  operations  ol' the  water,  U  owing 
to   the  mdaiivc  etleclH  ol'  the  carbonic   acid  jfiiN,  which   hIho 
ti'ii(l«  to   prevent   that  Hcime  of  lan;juor  usual!)'  accompaii3inj» 
ln'  operation  of  ordinary  medicines  of  thi-<  {■[%»».     I'ltif  C.  F. 
('handler,  of  the  Now   York   Hoanl   of  Health,  says  that  the 
peculiar  excellence  of  Conj;reK8  water  ie  due  to  the  fact  that 
it  contains,  in  the  ni  )»t  desiralile  jiroportiouM,  thone  Hubsiancei 
which  produce  Uh  ajjreeable  flavor,  and  BatiM*'.4i;tory  medicinal 
I'tlects  ;  neither  lioidin<;  them  in  excess,  mir  lacking  any  con- 
stituent to  bo  desired  in  this  class  of  waii      ;  "  and  he  recom- 
inendit  this  water  an  a  aitlmrlic  above  all  others,  on  account  of 
its  almost  entire  freedom  from  iron,  which  is  freijuently  irriiat- 
iiij;  and  constipating,   an. I   when    largely  present   in   mineral 
waters  reijuires  more  of  I  he  saline  properties  in  order  to  {live 
tlieni  a  cathartic  etlect.   Most  of  the  Saratoga  waters  generally 
contain  a  larger  jjcrcentage  of  iron.     In    submitting  a  new 
analysis  (which  appears    elsewhere),   IVof  Chandler  writes, 
"  A  comparison  of  this  with  the  analysis  made  by  Dr.  John  II. 
Steel   in    1832,  proves   that   Congress  water    still   retains  its 
original  strength,  and  all  the  virtues  which  established  its  well- 
merited  reputation."     It  should  be  remembered  that  the  water 
of  this  spring  is  sold  in  bottles  only.     What  purports  to  be 
Conjjress  water,  for  sale  on  draught  in  various  places  through- 
out the  country,  is  not  genuine.   Tlie  artificial  preparations  thus 
imposed  upon  the  public  may  have  a  certain  resemblance  in 
taste  and  appearance,  but  are  frecpiently  worse  than  worthless 
for  medicinal  purposes. 


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TOURISTS'  BANDBOOK. 


The  Columbian  Spring, 
In  Congress  Park,  under  the  Grecian   Dom^,  near  the  Con- 
ess  ^ ,  CoJg^ss  and  Empire  Spring  Co    propnetors 
This  spring  was  opened  in   1806  by  Gideon  Pntnam      The 
ia    r  Luel  from  the  natural  reek,  about  seven  ^et  below  the 
rurface  of  the  ground,  and  is  protected  by  heavy  wooden  tubmg. 
his  the  most  popular  spring  among  the  residents  of  baratoga^ 
The  escaping  bubbles  of  free  earbonie  acd  gas  give  to  the 
fountain  a  Wling  motion.     Large  quantities  of  the  gas  can 
S  be  eoUceted  at  the  mouth  of  the  spring  a    any  Ume^ 
L  i/atine  chalybeate  or  iron  water,  possessing  strong  tone 
nronerties      It  iso  has  a  diuretic  action,  a.ul  is  extensively 
S  rLt  purpose.    The  water  is  recomnjended  to  be  drank 
in  small  quantities  duving  the  day,  generally  ^    'ded  bj  the 
use  of  the  cathartic  water:  taken  belore  breakfast. 

The  Empire  Spring, 
Situated  on  Spring  Avenue,  at  the  head  of  Circular  Street,  and 
„  a?  h    bLe  of  a\igh  limestone  bluff,  in  the  northerly  part 
of  The  village,  a  few  rods  above  the  Star  Spring,  and  about 
aUe  fourth!  of  a  mile  from  the  Congress.     Owned  by  the  Con- 
™  and  Empire  Spring  Company.     O.  H.  Cromwell,  Super- 
h  endent.     Mineral  water  was  kno.n  to   tnckle  down  the 
bank  at  this  point  ever  since  the  land  was  cleared  of  ^^  prum- 
Jwe  shrubs.     It  was  not  till  the  year  1846  that  the  fountain 
was   taken   i„   charge.     The  tubing   is  eleven  feet,  and  fits 
rioely  t    the  rock.    Messrs.  Weston  &  Co.,  the  early  proprxe- 
tlmade  extensive  improvements  in  the  grounds  surround- 
C'it  ptnHng  Bl^ade-trees,  &e. ;  and  during  the  past  year  the 
^    n!  of    SDrin-r  Avepue   has    rendered  the  place  more 
rSve     iC  watt  o'f  thi.  spring  has  a  general  resem- 
b  ance  to  hat  of  the  Congress.    In  the  cathartic  ellect«  of  the 
two  Iters  the  difference  is  scarcely  appreciable   aHhoug. 
from  the  presence  of  a  larger  quantity  ot  magnesia  in  the  Con- 


DliOOK. 

pring, 

ian  Doiuj,  near  the  Con- 
e  Spring  Co.,  proprietors. 
jy  Giileon  Putnam.  The 
about  seven  feet  below  the 
id  by  heavy  wooden  tubing, 
the  residents  of  Saratoga. 
)onic  acid  gas  give  to  the 

quantities  of  the  gas  can 
Df  the  spring  at  any  time. 
,er,  possessing  strong  tonic 

action,  and  is  extensively 
3  recommended  to  be  drank 
r,  generally  pr.  'ded  by  the 
lelbre  breakfast. 

pring, 

head  of  Circular  Street,  and 
blntr,  in  the  northerly  part 
le  Star  Spring,  and  about 
igress.     Owned  by  the  Con- 
y.     O.  H.  Cromwell,  Super- 
nown  to  trickle  down  the 
and  was  cleared  of  its  primi- 
year  1846  that  the  fountain 
ing   is  eleven  feet,  and  fits 
;on  &  Co.,  the  early  proprie- 
t8  in  the  grounds  surround- 
aind  during  the  past  year  the 
I    rendered  the   place  more 
pring  has  a  general  resem- 
[n  the  cathartic  etl'ects  of  the 
ircely  appreciable,  although, 
atity  ot  magnesia  in  the  Con- 


|c!,r(jnic   diseases  requiring  aa.  rati vi-   and   diureuc   rtim.di.  s. 
3 


84 


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It  is  also  recommemled  a.  a  preventive  cr  remedy  for  the 

di»ease^T,a.«ral  to  ^varm  cl.mates,  e.,n-ially  .ntenm.tent,  g  .- 

e    and    bilious   .ever,  dy.enteri..  and   '>-rders   of  the 

er      Tl>e  direction,  for  using  are  tbc  BU.ne  as  for   he  Co„ 

g  e".     It  cannot  I.  ..r.-diefd  with  .er.ainty  -n  ->•  -ta     e 

cutaneous  diseases,  Nc.     it  acis  iic<-i;  „.,„_,i 

prXein.  th.  dei.ility,  pain,  and  nausea,  that  usually  at  er.1 
Kf  ;    "of  cathartie   drugs;  gives  vi.ov  to  t„e   c.reu^^^^^^^^^^ 
removes  c-onstipation.  ereates   an   app.t.te,  and   F"™"';*  » 
heaUhy  condition  of  ail  th»  «.-rcuons  and  excrcous  ol  the 

system. 

The  Excelsior  P&rk. 

FoUov^ine  l.ake  Avenue  for  ai-out  a  n.ile  from  Broadway,  we 
find  ourlh'.  In  a  most  romantic  and  l^antiful  valL-y.  known 


THE  EXCELSIOR  SPRIiTG. 

as  Excelsior  Park.     Although  but   recently  projected,  there 

are  indications  that  the  unusuaUy  fine  natural  features  of  this 


OK. 

vc  cr  remetly  for  the 
•ially  intermittent,  g<B- 
and   disorders   of  the 
,;  same  as  for  the  Con- 
rtainty  in  any  instance, 
ost  eife.tive;  and,  atler 
txith  wait  rs  the  pref.r- 
hf   watiT  is  esptcially 
iheiiinatisni  and  gout, 
as  a  cathartic,  without 
isea,  that  usually  attend 
i>oi-  to  tlie   circulation, 
[^■tite,   and    promotes  a 
and  excrtjtious  of  the 


mile  from  Broadway,  we 
1  Iwautiful  valley,  known 


SPRIlfO. 

recently  projected,  there 
ine  natural  features  of  this 


CO 


TOt-nlSTS'   tIAXIil'.OOK. 


•  1  .ade,  and  nicely  graded  ■  and  -,.  -^ -;»-''  ' 
hHV.  been  laid  out,  many  of  >vlu.  .  comnu..ul  '« ■•:  7^^«;  ;' 
..ounUins  in  Ver„.ont,  and  tl.e  l^^l^^  ^^^  '  ^u,    it. 

i,.„ediate    suvroundin^e,  .b.y  overlook   the   vley^ 
.buntains  of  invi^oratin,  — ^    7^;^  „^^^.  Lr  Lake. 

of  Saratogii. 

The  Excelsior  Spring. 

°'  r,  UU  Avont;  .bout  bill-  a  mtl,  e...  of  Cir,«l»  S.r..,. 
IS  on  Lal-e  Avenuc,  »""  „.,o  hv  wliich  we  pass  a  ma- 

Another  .cute  is  ..uSpnng  ^J^j^^^^J^lg,  J^y  water- 
jority  of  ^\^^l^''S\'^:'Z  taU.,:  Spr7ng.  with 
.ork.  wb.ch  B^P  ^^^«j;^^  ,,,  ,,i.brated  liolly  .v«.en>. 
r  ;r  t'--U  a  poiL  where  the  avenue™  to. 


TopnisTS'  iiAsnnooK. 


07 


hat  many  if  il«^  c'*'' 
yi\  tliiiter  ?B  a  very 
e>iileice9.  The  park 
,rin|i8  Ibrmcrly  known 
,"  viih  the  ailji'ceiit 
Broad  avfiuit'8  have 

H-  and  Finnll  ^''l'»  l'^*'** 
niaml  iir.e  view>«  ct  Uic 

:iwrge  Uilli",  wl''l''.  ^"'^ 
k  the  valley  with  its 
vxi.  Some  of  (he  lots 
„T8  of  Kxci  Wior  Lake, 
lis  many  tl.aiminjx  i't:* 
land8(Ml)e  of  hills  and 
1  and  deiiduouB  trees. 
E  foi  the  summer  homes 
d  noise  of  the  city,  ami 
water?,  without  entering 

amonu'  the  throngs  that 
celsior  Park  is  reached 

Spring  Avenues,  while 
ath  leading  through  the 
known  to  llie  Irequeulers 

:ing. 

i>y,  amid  most  romantic 
\  uaU,and  near  the  centre 
I  entrance  to  this  spring 
.leeastof  Oireular  Street, 
by  which  we  pass  a  ma- 
o  the  Loughberry  water- 
,f  Saiatoga  Springs  with 
,e  celebrated  lioUy  system, 
vherc  the  avenue  turnn  to- 


ward tlie  Fxcelsior,  is  tlie  fine  summer  hotel  known  Jis  the 
Mai..4ion  Houfp,  and  the  pntty  eoltage  residence  of  Mr.  Henry 
Lawnnce.  The  Excelsior  Spring  has  been  appreciated  for  its 
valuable  (pialitiea  by  soaie  of  the  oldest  visitors  of  Sarato;^! 
for  at  Ic;i8t  h ilf  a  century.  Tlie  w?ter,  however,  w,.8  not  gir.- 
erally  known  to  the  public  until  in  18.59,  when  Mr.  II.  II. 
L  iwrence,  tic  former  owner,  and  father  of  the  present  propri- 
etor.-".  retuliod  tlie  spring  at  a  ('onsiderable  expense,  having 
excavated  it  to  a  depth  of  lifly-six  feet,  eleven  of  which  are 
in  the  solid  roek.  IJy  this  improvement  the  water  (lows  with 
all  its  properties  undeteridrated,  retaining  from  source  to  out- 
let its  original  purity  and  strength.  Since  then,  the  present 
proprietois,  under  the  firm  of  A.  R  Lawrence  &  Co.,  by  a 
new  an!  improved  method  of  bottling  and  barrelling  tiie  Ex- 
celsior M-ater  under  its  own  hydrostatic  pressure,  have  given  it 
an  ineieased  deputation  ;  and  it  is  rapidly  at'aining  a  wide- 
spread popularity.  The,  water  of  this  spring  is  a  pleasant  en- 
thnrHe,  and  lias  also  alterative  and  tonic  properties,  and  is, 
moreover,  a  very  delightful  beverage.  Two  or  three  glasst  s  in 
the  morning  is  the  dose  as  a  cathartic.  As  an  alterative  and 
diuretic,  it  should  be  taken  in  small  quan'.iti'is  during  the  day. 
We  have  seen  stronger  pommendations  of  this  water  from  the 
bighest  medical  authorities  than  of  any  other.  After  a  re- 
freshing draught  from  this  sparkling  and  delicious  fountain,  let 
us  not  fail  to  exivraine  the  proprietors'  peculiar  and  very  per- 
fect nietliod  of  bottling  and  barrelling  the  Excelsior  water  by 
its  own  hydrostatic  prefsure.  Entering  their  handsome  brick 
bottling  house,  we  find  our  way  to  a  capacious  and  weli-liglited 
cellar,  in  which  we  discover  a  perpendicular  opening  some  ten 
feet  in  diame'er.  In  this  subterranean  chamber  the  process  of 
tilling  is  perlbrmed  at  a  point  tw<  Ive  feet  below  the  surface  of 
the  spring. 

To  this  point  the  Excelsior  water  is  conveyed  from  tha 
spring  by  means  of  a  block-tin  pipe,  through  which  it  runs  into 
resei  Vviiri  lowered  into  the  ihamber  for  that  purpose.     ITiese 


gg  TOUniSTS'   HANDBOOK. 

rcervoirs  are  strong  oakb  .rreU  lined  witl.  p^re  hock-'  in  in 
ul. Tanner  a.  to  be  perfectly  8a.-.i«ht,  and  -J'f^J^- ^^ 
two  tube.,  one  quite  .hort,  and  the  other  exttn.lmg  from  the 
tTp  to  th.  bottom  of  the  reservoir.     By  filling  the  nserv    « 
Trough  the  long  tube  by  the  simple  weight  of  t»- jater^Ue 
.ir  is  exeluded,  while  the  gas  i.not  allowed  '°  «-  f "  J^^re 
wld  on  draught,  it  is  only  necessary  to  connict  the  long  tune 
:?hthedratght-t«be.andthe  short  tube  with  -  -  P-P' 
when  the  water  can  be  forced  out  by  the  pr.^sure  of  the  a.r 
and  will  flow  forth  .rankling  and  dehc.ous  as  ^^J^  W 
without  being  recharged  with  gas.     l^e  Borr.  no      ocse  of^ 
the  Excebior  Spring  is  one  oi  the  most  '^"'"P  .''^^^i: ''' 'f^'^t 
cents  of  any  at  Saratoga.     One  of  .ts  pecuhar  '««'«-;" 
underground  vaults  outside  of,  but  connected  by  -"  "^-"J^  ^^^ 
the  m7n  cellar.    In  these  vaults  is  stored    »^«  ^  "'  "^^^^^^^^ 
secure  alike  from  winter's  fn^st  or  sumtner's  heatf  unt.l  packeU 

'"^tt  concluded  our  investigation,  and  --ed  to  notice 
the  UNION,  M.NNKHAHA,and  Other  springs  wh.ch  bubble  up 
l^th-s  immediate  vicinity,  .e  have  now  ^^^f^^^^^Z^ 

between   Excelsior  Sprmg    and  the  village.   ^''J"  = 
.here  is  a  wide  and  »hady  path,  well  known  to  ^«'J«"  "^ 
lovTtbe  picturesque,  and  along  its  winding  way  .s  found  the 
shortest  walk  to  the  centre  of  the  village. 
"  Nor  is  the  stately  scene  without 

Its  sweet  secluded  trensmes, 
Where  hearts  that  shun  the  crowd  nisy  find 
Their  own  exclusive  pleasures,  — 
•     Deep  charming  shades  for  pensive  thought 

The  hours  to  wear  away  in, 
And  vaulted  aisles  of  whispering  pines 
For  lovers'  feet  to  stray  in." 


tOiC. 

ritli  pire  hock-' in  in 
lit,  and  turnished  wi  h 
Br  extending  from  the 
f  filling  the  rcservoirt 
•ight  of  the  water,  the 
wed  to  escape.     When 
conni'ct  tlie  long  tube 
ube  with  an  air  pump, 
le  proMure  of  t'le  air, 
•ions  as  at  the  spring, 
B  Bottling  IIodse  of 
complete  in  its  appoint- 
peculiar  leatures  is  the 
L'cted  by  iron  doors  with, 
;or2d  the  bottled  water, 
Dcr's  heatf  until  packed 

I,  and  tarried  to  notiee 
ptings  which  bubble  up 
»w  the  choice  of  continu- 
■am  to  the  Eureka  and 
ling  by  the  way  cf  Lake 
leallhful  exercise  of  walk- 
id  stroll  into  those  mag- 
ad  valley  for  half  a  mile 
village.     Through  them 
I  known  to  visitors  who 
winding  way  is  found  the 
lage. 
bout 

^1 

irowd  nmy  find 

ares,  — 
insive  thounht 

Bring  pines 


the  Congrei'g  bottling-house  is  the  most  famous,  a  description 
of  it  will  sutiice  for  the  whole. 


40 


'lOVniSTS-   II AN  y ROOK. 


For  the  following  «o  arc  indebted  to  Mr.  C  C.  Dawmn  of 
New  York:  — 

"Probably  not  on.-lifih  part  of  the  vi^xWy*  of  th«f«  si.iin;:.^ 
which  i.ro   used   mo.ii.'iuivlly  are  .Ir.M.k    in    Sarato-a.      A  ..1- 
litudi.s  it  is  true,  lloek  here  .hiriu-  the  «utim.  r  month.  ;  but 
ihfir  stay  b  usually  limited  to  a  lew  brief  weci<s,  -  a  iii.ie.  in 
„>anv  caseH,  too  M.ort  for  th.'se  mild    natural  renedns  to  ae- 
c-on.i.li  h  their  pe.f.rt  work.     Thousands  o'  vbitorg,  ll,erel..re, 
find  it  necessary  to  continue  the  use  of  the  waters  atierleavin- 
ihe    spriuTs;  ami  great  numbers  cf  othir  sullercrs  irom  tl.e 
varioan  ills  which  lIe^h  is  heir  to,  who  aie  not  able  to  vi-it  Sar- 
atoga, htill  find   the  waters  a  source  of  comfort   and  health. 
Thus,  while  the  benefit  of  these  springs  is  enjoyed  at  baratogu 
only  by  a  co.ni.;iralively  limited  number  of  pcr.sons,  and  prm- 
cipaliy  <lu.=ng  a  brief  bea>.on,  their  blesjingn  are   carried,  by 
nuMiisof  the  bottled  waters,  all  over  the  world,  and  are  dl^- 
ponscd  to  mull  ii.li.d  thousands,  without  regard  to  seascu  or 
climate.     A  large  and  important  bi  anch  of  .onnuerce  has  thus 
si>run.r  into  existence,  involving  a  hberal  expenditure  ol  cap- 
ital, and  furnishing  employment,  directly  or  imlirectly,  to  a 
great  number  of  persons. 

"Tlie  bottling  and  packing  is  carried  on  throughout  the, 
year;  and,  except  during  the  height  of  the  visiting  season, 
when  so  much  is  lonsumed  at  the  springs  as  materially  to  de- 
irease  the  supply  for  bottling,  the  work  is  prosecuted  n.ght 
and  day.  The  arrangemenis  lor  this  purpose  are  the  most 
complete  of  any  thing  ol  the  kind  in  the  country,  and  all  ti,e 
various  operations  are  carried  on  with  a  care,  skill,  and  perlee- 

tion  unsurpassed.  . 

"In  order  to  inerease  their  facilities,  the  Congiess  bpimg 
Compi  ny  have  erected  a 'glass-factory  near  the  village,  where 
they  not  only  make  all  the  bottles  required  in  their  own  im- 
„.ense  business,  bat  fill  large  orders  for  all  kinds  of  bottles  to- 
other purposes.     Some  eighteen  or  twenty  neat  cottages  in  the 


whi 
To 
mea 
ihoi 


nooK. 

10  Mr.  C  C.  Uawfoii  of 


walcr.-'  of  ilma  s\mu<i» 
nk  in  S,ir.ito;.'ii.  Ivliil- 
he  suiimi  r  moniln  ;  biii 
brief  wfcix.s  — a  time,  in 
iiiilural  re  utiJii  h  to  ac- 
iiils  o'  vuiit.>rg,  tlierffort-, 
if  iho  waters  afierli;aviii!; 

othir  suflercrs  from  tin- 
1  lue  not  able  to  vi-it  f^ar- 
1  of  comi'oit  and  hi-alili. 
igB  is  enjoyed  at  Sarat'ifra 
iber  of  persons,  and  iirin- 
jU'Biingn  are  carried,  by 
r  the  world,  and  are  di^- 
lout  rejrard  to  seaseu  or 
nub  of  lonnuerce  has  thus 
jeral  expenditure  o(  eap- 
irectly  or  indin-ctly,  to  a 

irrietl  on  throughout  tbr, 
ht  of  the  visiting  season, 
rinj^s  as  materially  to  de- 
work  is  prosecuted  niglit 
Ills  purpose  are  the  mm'^i 
I  the  country,  and  all  tiie 
ih  a  care,  skill,  and  pcriec- 

ilies,  the  Coni^iess  Spiing 
iry  near  the  village,  where 
required  in  their  own  iui- 
fur  all  kinds  of  bottles  for 
twenty  neat  cottages  in  the 


rOUltlSTS'    IlAXDnOOK. 


41 


!<anie  j)art  cf  thf  villnpe  have  been  erected  by  the  company 
for  the  use  of  ihe'r  factory  operatives. 

"  Each  bottle,  bifore  being  (llled,  is  thoroughly  wa.slied  nnd 
linsed  with  botli  warm  and  cold  water,  a  stream  v..  each  of 


1 


which  is  constantly  pouring  into  the  tanks  belbre  the  washers. 
To  detai'h  any  im]>uri(ieB  that  cannot  be  removed  by  other 
means,  a  smrll  bras:<  chain  is  droj>j)ed  into  each  bottle, ,  nd 
thoroughly  shaken  al  out.     The  sulstitulion  of  this  simple  and 


43 


TOVItlSTS'    IIANOttnOK. 


eft-ctive  metliful  of  cleauiinR  for  tlio  uw  of  .hot  or  pebble  ii 
an  improvement  which  miKht  well  be  a.lopt.  d  by  every  hou«o 
wife. 


"None  but  the  finest  corks  are  ured:  the  brandfl  used  f-ir 
brandin-  them  are  »et  into  a  wnall  table,  their  lettered  la.  es 
>,eing  nearly  level  with  its  surface.  They  are  kept  hoi  V...  a 
iet  of  jzas  turned  on  tl.em  from  below ;  and  the  corks  receive 
"their  brand  by  being  rolled  over  the  heated  types,  —  an  expert 
boy  performing  the  simple  operation  with  great  ra[.idity. 


4,  ' 

tJTI   fl 

whic 

reivj 

natii 

untii 

drive 

»i«e  1 

stnin 

bi'inj 

cult  I 

from 

"v! 

their 

two  ] 

four  ( 

by  th 

may  I 

thin  8 

and  i 

sharp 

pagnt 

'  teslin 

ing,  0 

mean  I 

and  ei 

Allle 

direct 

to  the 

and  c 

possib 

sequel 

"\\ 

tested 

formei 

work. 


OOK. 


TovnisTa'  iiasdhook. 


48 


•e  of  »liot  or  pebble  i« 
«lopt»  (1  by  every  hous- 


ed: the  brands  used  fur 
table,  their  lettered  lin  fts 
Tlicy  are  kept  hoi  !•.  a 
>w ;  and  the  corka  receive 
heated  types,  —  an  expert 
with  great  rajiidity. 


"  Tlie  water  is  piim[H>d  from  thti  sprinjf  tlin)Ugh  pur«  block- 
tin  pi|KW  into  n  receiver  holding;  from  five  to  six  gallons,  from 
which  it  is  drawn  into  the  iKittlcs;  the  pipes,  pump,  and  re- 
ceiver being  so  constructed  as  to  firevent  any  cscaiMi  of  the 
natural  gases.  The  corks,  after  being  soaked  in  warm  water 
iiMtii  they  I  jcome  so  soft  as  to  be  easily  compressed,  arc 
ilriven  into  ihe  Ijottles  by  machinery,  the  process  reducing  their 
size  before  entering  the  bottles  about  one-third.  It  requires  a 
Ktnmg  bottle  to  stand  the  pressure  of  their  expansion  after 
bein-i  driven  in  ;  and  even  strong  men  sometimes  fmd  it  dilli- 
cult  to  pull  them  out.  A  single  workman  will  fill  and  cork 
from  fifteen  to  twenty  dozen  Iwttles  per  hour. 

"  After  being  fdled  and  corked,  the  bottles  are  liiiil  upon 
their  sides  in  large  bins  holtUn,^  from  one  hundred  iind  fifty  to 
two  hundred  dozen  each,  -yh'sre  they  are  allowcil  to  remain 
four  or  five  days,  or  longer,  to  test  the  strength  of  tlie  botMcs 
hy  the  expansion  of  the  gas,  and  also  to  detect  any  corks  that 
may  be  leaky  or  otherwise  imiHrfeet.  The  breakage,  while  in 
this  situation,  is  about  five  percent  of  the  whole  number  filled, 
and  sometimes  more.  Tiie  bottle-  frequently  bi^rst  with  a 
sharp  report,  like  the  firing  of  a  pistol  or  the  cracking  of  cham- 
pagne l)ot*'es.  Every  bottle  that  breaks,  either  while  in  the 
testing-bins  or  in  any  of  the  various  processes  of  washing,  lill- 
ing,  or  packing,  is  registered  in  the  office  of  the  company,  by 
means  of  wires  going  from  ditl'erent  parts  of  the  establishment, 
and  centring  there  in  an  apparatus  arranged  for  the  puqiose. 
Ail  leaky  corks  are  drawn,  and  the  bottles  refilled  with  water 
direct  from  the  spring.  While  all  these  precautions  add  largely 
to  the  expense  of  putting  up  the  waters,  they  render  a  leaky, 
and  consequently  a  bad  bottle  of  Saratoga  water  almost  im- 
possible ;  and  they  also  render  the  breakage  of  bottles  in  sub- 
sequent handling  a  matter  of  rare  occurrence. 

"  When  the  bottles  and  corks  have  been  thus  thoroughly 
tested,  the  corks  are  securely  wired,  this  operation  being  per- 
formed with  great  rapidity  by  employees  long  trained  to  the 
work. 


44 


TorillSTS'   IIASDIIOOK 


"  Tbo  nuxt  r.r..cfr«  is  tlu'  \m'V\xvf  in  fan,.-,  wl.irli  i«  alx.. 
done  with  unat  .iire  nn.i  loninrival)!.-  .l.'M.'riiy.  'IMm-  n.'.-lt  <.l 
,.,,,1,  l,„i,l,.  Ik  llrn.ly  w.."n.i  willi  .•l»-.»n  now  nlnm;  Hn.l  tlu,  l...|. 
tie.  an.  pliuT.i  on  th.ir  kLU-h  in  ti.T.  ol  .■-lu.il  number,  u  piirl- 


ing  strip  of  .trnwl^einglai.l  between  each  bottle  and  it.  neigl- 
boron  eitl^erside.  A  layer  of  Btraw  is  al80  placed  between 
the  tier,  of  bottles,  as  well  a8  at  the  top  and  bottom  ol  the 
box.     When  the  box  is  filled,  the  paeker  walks  ever  the  hot- 


lli'H  To 

|ila"en 
put  in 
Thr 
in  Siir 
the  8111 
ihc  wl 


V,  '4 


ft 


^.^■j,^^^~*m-*f^fM-' 


)()K. 


in  i-wvo,  wl.ich  ia  also 
■xtfi'i'y.  Tilt'  ""'•'I'  •'' 
icw  hiriiw,  Hiiil  lilt!  I>'>i- 
I   l'(|Uul  iiuiiilifi-,  ii  !>!»''' ■ 


each  bottle  and  its  neigli- 
w  in  also  plactd  betwi'tii 
le  top  and  bottom  of  the 
jL-ker  walks  ever  the  bot- 


TOUR/STS'    /n.XfifinnK 


43 


(!>'H  Cur  till!  ilijii'ilf  ptirpotie  of  Heltiin^  thcin  pi-  pcrly  in  tlinir 
pla  •(•«,  (111. I  II-  a  I'lirihiT  UM  oC  ihidr  HtriMijith.  In'tbro  tlio  lid  in 
lit  in  its  place.  m\i\  niiiic  I  down." 

'i'luri'  arc  a  iiuiiilii>r  <>t  pnl.lic  inMitiiiionH  of  rarious  kind* 
in  Sanitn;rn,  wliiih  inr  palnu.izrd  l.y  vixifoi-^,  not  only  diirin;; 
llic  siimuiRr  noiHoii,  Imt  also,  to  a  ;;riMttT  or  Ichn  cxtfnt,  during 
ilif  wlio'c  oC  ihc  Mill-.     One  oC  tli(  in  i-t 

Strong's  Semerliiil  Inititnte. 


46 


TOURISTS'    HANDBOOK. 


on  Circular  Street,  a  she  t  disUnce  from  Broad wny  an  l  all  the 
principal  hoteU  and  .prints.  D.s.  S.  S.  and  S  E  Strong, 
rejrular  physicians,  graduates  of  the  UniTcr^.ty  of  ^ew  York, 
are  the  proprietors. 

The  Institute  was  estal.lished  several  years  ago,  and  has 
enjoyed  a  superior  reputation  for  its  treatment  of  iuvalid.,  as 
well  as  for  its  hotel  and  boar.ling  accommodations.     During 
the  sprin-  of  1871  the  building  was  greatly  enlarged,  and  now 
alfords  accommodations  for  two  hundred  guests.     Its  parlors, 
dinin-'-halls,  and  Uth-.oou  .  are  fitted  up  in  the  most  modern 
and  elegant  stvle;  and  tho  general  appointments  are  ot  ti.e 
first  order.     Being  somewhat  ren.oved  from  the  bustle   and 
confusion  of  the  larger  liotels,  it  aflbrds  a  delighiiul  re-.reat  for 
persons  of  imp.ii'-ed  health  ;  while  refined  and  cultivated  peo- 
ple will  find  its  society  more  congenial  than  that  of  the  more 
public  houses.     Among  its  annual  patrons  are  Rev  Theodore 
I     Cuyler    D.D.;   EvGov.  Wells  of  Virginia ;  Mr.  Robert 
Carter,  of  the  fir.u    of  Carter  Brother3,  publishers,  of  New 
York ;  and  many  others  of  like  position  in  society,     fhe  Insti- 
tution is  supplied  with  new  and  the  most  improved  app  lances 
now  known  to  inedi.al  science,  among  which  are  the  Electro- 
thermal, Sulphir,  Air,  Turkish,  and  Russian  Baths;   Swedish 
Movement  Cure;  the  E.jualizer  or  Vacuum  Treatme.it;  Oxy- 
gen Inhdations     Cxymn«8tic8;  and  other  varieties  of  hydro- 
pathy and  meditine.    . 

Temple  Grove  Seminary. 

This  institution  is  beautifully  situated  in  a  grove,  on  what  was 
formerlv  called  Temple  Hill :  hence  the  name.  The  grounds  oc- 
cupy the  whole  8(i'iare  ofl  Spring  Street,  between  Circulai  and 
Re.Tent  Streets.  All  the  noted  springs  of  Saratoga  are  witlim 
a  ."w  minutes'  walk  of  the  Seminary,  while  Congress  Tark  is 
but  one  blok  distant.  The  institution  lor  .he  last  five  yea.^. 
has  Icon  under  the  elB'-ieut  management  of  Charles  F.  Dowd, 


OOK. 

tn  Broadway  anl  all  tbe 
i.  S.  and  S  E.  Strong, 
Jniverjity  of  New  Yoik, 

■ral  years  ago,  and  has 
;reatmt'nt  of  iavalids",  as 
coramodations.     During 
fcatly  enlarged,  and  now 
red  guests.     Its  parlors, 
up  in  ihc  most  modem 
appointments  are  of  t  lie 
Bd  from  the  bustle   and 
is  a  delighliul  retreat  for 
Pmed  and  cultivated  peo- 
1  than  that  of  the  more 
trons  are  Rev.  Theodore 
)f  Virginia  ;  Mr.  Roliert, 
her3,  publishers,  of  Ne>Y 
in  in  society.     The  Insti- 
nost  improved  appliances 
;  which  are  the  Electro- 
Hussian  Baths ;   Swedish 
acuum  Treatment ;  Oxy- 
otlier  varieties  of  hydro- 


unary. 

L'd  in  a  grove,  on  what  was 
he  name.  The  grounds  ol- 
■eet,  between  Circular  and 
igs  of  Saratoga  are  within 
•y,  while  Congress  Tark  is 
lion  for  I  he  last  five  years 
iient  of  Charles  F.  Dowd, 


TOVniSTS'   BAyOBOOK. 


47 


A.M.,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College ;  and  it  affords  the  beit  of 
advantages  for  a  complete  solid  and  ornamental  education. 
The  "  regular  graduating  course "  occupies  a  period  of  four 
years,  and  embractw  the   principal  studies  pursued  in  our  best 


colleges  for  young  men ;  while  much  liberty  is  allowed  to 
"  optional  studies,"  which  aiford  facilities  for  the  more  modern 
and   artistic  accomplishments.     Not  only  is  every  advantage 


48 


TOURISTS'   IIASDROOK. 


aflb-.U.l  for  intellectual  improvement;  bat  the  rel.pious  an,l 
moral  cult.ue  of  the  students  is  conscientiously  cared  lor  la  a 
liber  d  and  f  ilthful  Chrlstii^n  spirit.     Amon.,  the  patrons  ol  th. 
Sen.inary  nre  some  ol  the  best  families  of  .^  1-1'"^'  ^  '^  "^ 
the  country.     These  superior  advantages  are  allordc.l  a   very 
e:sonahle'ehar,..s.as  Ly  be  K-arned  from  O.e  annual  eaa- 
I0..U..      The  terms  are  lower  than  couhi  be  ofiered  w.-c  ,c  not 
that,  during  the  sum  iier  months,  the  Seminary  rcrones  a  prac- 
S  endowment  through  the  nse  of  its  building  tor  b..ardu,g 
purposes.     From   .Tuns  to   September,  its   spacious  and  well- 
Lnished    rooms  ani  -yeU-supplied   tables   dispense  to  its  pa- 
Zl  the  comforts  and  luxuries  of  a  first-class  bote  .     Porters 
are  at  the  depot  to  meet  all  trains.     With  its     eh.h.lul  grove 
Z\  ground,,  a  few  steps  remove.l   from    the   bustle  and  eo,:- 
lon  of  the  great  hotels,  and  its  aceessibili  y  to  ad  the  springs 
n  Saratoga,  this   Semiaa.yis  particularly  dosn.d,le  to  lovers 
Tf  health  ^nd  comfort.    It  is  designed,  specially,  lor  the  Cl.r,- 
tlim  and  literary  public.  . 

Tuere  are  many  other  institutions  of  both  a  public  and  pri- 
vate character,  which  our  space  forbids  our  noticing.  He 
visitor  will,  without  <loubt,  find  them  himself  d  so  inchned 

Prominent  among  the  professions  represented  in  ^^^'^^ 
is  th..t  of  architecture.  In  ad.lition  to  the  large  hotels,  whi.h 
are  famous  the  world  over,  some  of  the  finest  villas  cottages. 
,nd  private  residences  in  the  country  are  to  t  e  found  here. 

Mr  G  B  Crotr  the  • -ell-known  architect,  whose  works  on 
architectural  design  have  been  extensively  sold  in  all  parts 
rAmeriea.  is  locked  here  ;  and  a  visit  to  his  reeept.on-rooms 
is  .mite  equal  to  a  visit  to  an  art  gallery. 

ir.  CrJtVhas  recently  made  an  ex  ensive  European  tour  .0. 
the  purpose  of  professional,  stu.ly.  and  has  brougl.t  to  his 
hbra^y  many  beautiful  studies  in  architecture,  horticulture, 
and  floral  decoration,  gle.ned  from  the  elegant  botanical  gar- 
dens and  p:d  le  s  of  England  and  the  Continent.  From  his 
dcsi..nsmf,vb.'autiful  villas  and  quct  cottages  are  growing 


it  the  rclipious  ami 
Ai,\is\y  cared  tor  iu  a 
i:!  the  p.itrons  of  th^' 
tjie  le:\ilin;j  cities  of 
arc  atVordetl  at  very 
rom  tlie  iiniiual  cata- 
)C  offered  were  ic  not 
inary  receives  aprac- 
liuilding  tor  boarding 
L-i   spiieious  and  well- 
js   dispense  to  its  pa- 
t-class hotel.     Porters 
li  its  deli^liil'ol  grove 
the   bustle  and  eot:- 
,ili  y  to  ail  the  spring-* 
ly  desirable  to  lovers 
lecially,  for  the  Cliri- 

both  a  public  and  pri- 
Is  our  noticing.     Tl  e 
Dself  if  so  inclined, 
ireseiited  in    Saratoga, 
the  large  hotels,  which 
■  finest  villas,  cottage.". 
e  to  I  e  found  here, 
iiiteet,  whose  works  on 
ively  sold  in  all  parts 
to  his  reception-rooms 

r, 

liive  European  tour  lor 
id  has  brouglit  to  his 
liitecture,  horticulture, 
)  elegant  botanical  gar- 
Continent.  From  his 
t  cottages  are  growing 


TounrsTS'  haxdbook. 


49 


Among  the  most  beautiful  of  the 


up  in  various  localities 

residences     recently 

ereeted  by  him  is  the 

fine   villa  of  Frank 

Leslie,  of  which    a 

view    is   given.       It 

will    be    well   worth 

the  visitor's  while  to 

pay   a    visit    to    his 

rooms. 

At  this  point  let  us 

make  a  brief  mention 

of  some  of  the  busi- 
ness men  of  Sara- 
toga, whose  adver- 
tisements appear 
elsewhere.  Although 

there    are    many  of  FiuxK  Leslie's  villa. 

different  trades  and  professions  in  the  place,  and  all,  or  nearly 
all,  good,  we  have  endeavored  to  select  A  few  of  the  bext  for  the 
convenience  of  our  readers. 

AV illiam  M.  Searing  &  Son  are  real-estate  brokers,  and  insui- 
ance  and  collecting  agents;  are  recommended  to  all  who  need 
their  services.     Office  on  Broadway. 

Dexter's  stable.  Dexter  Bros.,  proprietors,  is  situated  on 
Division  Street,  opposite  the  United  States  Hotel,  and  is  an  ex- 
cellent place  to  get  teams  for  the  unrivalled  drives  which  Sara- 
toga offers. 

If  one  wants  a  good  cigar,  a  thing  which  is  extremely  rare 
here,  g:ve  Clapp,  on  Division  Street,  a  call.  Or,  if  any  tiling  is 
needed  in  the  line  of  drugs  or  medicines,  we  would  advise  a 
call  at  Gates's  drug-store  on  Broadway,  where  will  be  found 
every  thing  needed. 
4 


CHAPTER  in. 
Th*  lake  Drive. 

REAT  improvement  has  been  made  within  the 
last  few  )  tars  in  the  roads  in  the  vicinity  of 
Saratoga;  and  the  drives  in  every  direciion  are 
yearly  becoming  more  convenient  and  attractive. 
One  of  the  most  fashionable  drives  is  over  Union 
Avenue  «o  Saratoga  Lake,  distant  six  miles. 
The  drive  is  a  continuation  of  East  Congress  Street,  and  has  a 
row  of  trees  each  side  and  one  in  the  middle.  A  most  gay 
and  brilliant  scene  is  presented  on  a  bright  August  morning 
or  afternoon,  as  the  long  procession  of  carriages  in  all  the  rich- 
est styles  pass  down  on  one  side  of  the  drive  and  back  on  the 
other.  The  lake  itself  is  nine  miles  long  and  five  miles  wide. 
On  a  high  bluff  near  the  outlet  is  Moon's  Lake  House,  kept 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  many  visitors  who  every  fine 
day  ride  down  from  the  Springs.  A  mile  beyond  the  Lake 
House  is  Chapman's  Hill,  which  rises  180  feet  alwve  the  sur- 
face of  the  lake;  and  three  miles  farther  on  is  Wagner's  Hill, 
240  feet  high. 

The  Legend  of  Saratoga  Lake. 
That  charming  author,  N.  P.  Willis,  relates   in  his   own 
eharming  styJe  the  following  tradition  of  Saratoga  Lake :  — 
"  There  in,"  he  says,  "  an  Indian  superstition  attached  to 
60 


this  la 
lini'ss 
nesj  ■^ 
uttert' 
would 
the  ea 
this  I 
warnc 
breatb 
the  lal 
centre 
of  the 
countc 
After 
tions,  i 
over  tl 
up  the 
'  The  ( 
'he  kn 


IS  a  mi 
the  bei 
hi'ight 
There 
they  ci 
borhoo 
the  fini 
and  he 
grooms 
ing,  tr« 


wuere 
took  pi 


been  made  within  the 
)ads  in  the  vicinity  of 
in  every  direciion  are 
venient  and  attractive, 
le  drives  is  over  Union 
ke,  distant  six  miles. 
gress  Street,  and  has  a 
middle.  A  most  gay 
)right  August  morning 
irriages  in  all  the  rich- 
drive  and  back  on  the 
ag  and  five  miles  wide, 
wn'a  Lake  House,  kept 
isifors  who  every  fine 
mile  beyond  the  Lake 
80  feet  aljove  the  sur- 
er on  is  Wagner's  Hill, 

Lake. 

s,  relates  in  his   own 
f  Saratoga  Lake :  — 
iperstition  attached  to 


TOUniSTS'    HASDnOOK. 


61 


this  lake,  which  probably  has  its  source  in  its  rciijarkable  lone- 
lin.-8s  and  tranquillity.  The  Mahawks  believed  that  its  gtlll- 
nesj  was  s  icred  to  the  Great  Spirit,  and  that,  if  a  human  voice 
uttered  a  sound  upon  its  waters,  the  c  moo  of  the  oflTender 
would  iiistiintly  sink.  A  story  is  told  of  an  Englishwoman  in 
the  early  days  of  the  first  settlers,  who  had  occasion  to  cross 
this  lake  with  a  party  of  Indians,  who,  before  embarking, 
warned  her  most  impressively  of  the  spell.  It  was  a  silent 
breathless  day ;  and  the  canoe  shot  over  the  smooth  surface  of 
the  lake  like  an  arrow.  About  a  mile  from  the  shore,  neai  i  le 
centre  of  the  lake,  the  woman,  willing  to  convince  the  savages 
of  the  weakness  of  theii*  superstition,  uttered  a  loud  crv.  The 
countenances  of  the  Indians  fell  instantly  to  the  deepest  gloom. 
After  a  moment's  pause,  however,  they  redoubled  their  exer- 
tions, and  in  frowning  silence  drove  the  light  bark  like  an  arrow 
over  the  waters.  They  reached  the  shore  in  safety,  and  drew 
up  the  canoe ;  and  the  woman  rallied  thu  chief  on  his  credulity. 
'  The  Great  Spirit  is  mer  •iful,'  answered  the  scornful  Mohawk  : 
'he  knows  that  a  white  woman  cannot  hold  her  tongue.'" 

The  Saratoga  Baoe-Course 
is  a  mile  from  Broa<lway,  near  Union  Avenue.  It  is  kept  in 
the  best  order;  and  at  the  annual  races,  which  occur  in  the 
height  of  the  season,  there  is  always  a  crowded  attendance. 
There  is  ample  shelter  for  a  great  number  of  spectators,  where 
they  can  command  a  view  of  the  entire  track.  In  the  neigh- 
borhood of  the  race-course  are  several  stables,  where  some  of 
the  finest  horses  in  the  country  are  kept  through  the  winter, 
and  held  in  readiness  for  the  summer  races.  The  drivers  and 
grooms  may  often  be  seen  upon  the  coarse  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, training  the  racers. 

Bemis'i  Heights, 
where  the  decisive  engagement  between  Burgoyne  and  Gates 
took  place  in  1777,  a:?  fifteen  miles  distant  over  a  good  car- 


62 


TGVUI8TS'   HAKIjBOOK. 


riage-road,  and  may  bo  visited  iu  a  day  from  tl.o  S,.U,g.^ 
Small  parlies  may  easily  be  made  up  for  the  purpose.  Th  re 
i,  a  chimin,  walk  out  to  the  Exc.lsior  Spring,  through  tl^ 
grove  at  the  eastern  extremity  of  York  Street,  and  one  neve 
Ls  of  strolling  in  Congress  Park.  Tl>e  number  of  v.^tors 
increases  every  year;  but  the  accommodation,  are  e.p.al  to  the 

'";;rian's  Hill  iB  about  a  mile  beyond  the   Lake  llouse, 
and  one  hundred  and  eighty  feet  above  the  leve    ot  t he  1  k< 
A  charming  view  is  aflorded.     Immediately  bebw,  the  lake 
presents  a  mirrored  surface  of  several  square  mdcs  ;  wh.ie  the 
'meadows  and  table-landsonit«wes..rn.shore  may    .traced 
with  all  their  simple  beauty,  until  they  merge  mU.  the  Kaya 
derossern.  range    of   mountains.    Wagman  s   l^"  '   -'^^^^^ 
about  three  miles  beyoud,  aflbrds  a  st.d  more  extended  v^w. 
This  hill   is  two  hundre<l   and    forty    feet  above  the    lake. 
Hagerty  Ildl,  six  miles  north  of  the  village,  toward  Lu^erne 
Sgs  t'o  vie;  a  fine  landscape.     But  the  -o^'  -'-"'^'^.-^J^ 
and  the  boldest  landscape  may  be  seen  from  Wearing  H.l^  on 
the  Mount  Pleasant  road,  and  about  fifteen  nuk-s  Irom  Sara- 
oga   Springs.     Saratoga,  Ballston,  Schenectady    Waterfor., 
MShanicavHle,   Schuylerville,   Saratoga  Lake    Hound   Lake, 
Itby  the  aid  of  the  glass  can  all  be  discerned  from  tins  hdl. 

Lake  Lovely. 
This  is  the  euphonious  name  of  an  interesting  little  sheet  of 
wa^^  not  far  from  the  village,  on  the  boulevard  to  Saratog 
Lake.  Though  not  of  very  great  extent,  it  has  many  points 
of  considerable  attraction,  one  of  which  is  a  glen  ou  the  east- 
em  bank  of  the  lake,  which  forms  an  echo  said  to  be  almost 
as  distinct  and  powerful  as  the  celebrated  one  m  the  rumed 
bastion  of  the  old  French  fortress  at  Crown  Point. 

"  Many  a  laugh  and  many  a  shout 
The  busy  echoes  toss  about." 


The 

are  not 
nature 
here  tl 
upon  b 
the  Spi 
has  cla: 
and,  to 
elite  of 
bibe  tbi 
gating 


Intel 
the  woi 
toga. 

Won] 
flutterir 
of  socia 
wreckei 
en  siste 
sample- 
througti 
of  weal 

Of  n 
chantini 
dangero 
charms, 
fair  pro] 
these  ? 


r  from  tlio  Sjiringfl. 
he  pupose.  There 
Spring,  through  tlie 
:reet ;  and  one  never 
»  number  of  visitors 
tiona  are  e(iual  to  the 

id  the   Lake  House, 
Ijc  level  of  the  lake, 
tely  below,  the  lake 
iiare  miUs  ;  while  the 
liore  may  be  traced, 
jerge  into  the  Kaya- 
nan'g   Hill,  wl'iil'   »» 
more  extended  view, 
feet  aV)ove  the    lake. 
lage,  toward  Luzerne, 
e  most  extended  view 
rom  Wearing  Hill,  on 
,ein  miles   from  Sara- 
lieneetady,  Waterfonl, 
I  Lake,   liound   Lake, 
iscerned  from  this  hill. 


iteresting  little  sheet  of 
boulevard  to  Saratoga 
nt,  it  has  many  points 
h  is  a  glen  on  the  east- 
cho,  said  to  be  almost 
ttted  one  in  the  ruined 
rown  Point. 

El  shout 
ut." 


TOURISTS'  IlAHnnOOK. 


53 


Social  Life  at  Saratoga. 

The  delights  of  Saratoga,  which  have  given  it  world-fame, 
are  not  wholly  natural :  indeed,  no  watering-place  exists  where 
nature  alone  is  relied  upon  to  make  existence  desirable.  But 
here  the  resalts  of  human  improvements  are  mainly  relied 
upon  by  the  guests  for  their  enjoyment;  and  the  social  life  at 
the  Springs  U  to  most  visitors  its  chief  attraction.  Some  one 
has  classified  S;irato;;a  amusements  as  dancing  and  drinking ; 
and,  to  a  certain  extent,  these  are  the  prominent  features  ;  the 
title  of  society  gathering  in  the  morning  at  the  springs  to  im- 
bibe their  one,  two,  or  six  glasses  apiece,  and  at  night  congre- 
gating in  the 

"great  hotels  nblaze  with  light; 
Where  youth  and  beauty,  wenltli  and  rank, 
Hold  revel  through  the  night." 

Whom  we  meet  at  Saratoga. 

Intellectual  men,  stylish  men,  the  beaux  of  society,  men  of 
the  world,  and  occasionally  fast  men,  are  to  be  seen  at  Sara- 
toga. 

Women,  —  blondes  and  bninettes  of  either  extreme,  —  the 
flutterinf^  bee  of  fashion  ;  the  gentler  bird  of  beauty;  the  lady 
of  social  rank,  who  has  enjoyed  prerogatives  that  would  have 
wrecked  more  than  one  cooing  pair ;  and  her  less  rotund  maid- 
en sister,  —  thesic  make  uj)  some  of  the  people  found  in  this 
sample-room  of  American  society  flourisliing  at  Saratoga ;  and 
througtjout,  almost  the.whole  there  runs  the  pervading  leaven 
of  wealth. 

Of  maiden  ladies  who  still  struggle  and  twist  to  look  en- 
chanting in  spite  of  Time's  effacing  fing-irs,  and  of  widows 
dangerous  and  desperate,  as  they  endeavor  to  recall  their  early 
charms,  there  are  not  a  few.  Of  dazzling  beauty  there  is  a 
fair  proportion  ;  but  where  are  the  young  men,  beaux  for  all 
these  ?     Where,   oh,  where  ?    Echo   answers,    ''  Nowhere  1 " 


m 

m 


H 


TOVHIsra'   IIASODOOK. 


The  absence  of  young  men  h»  been  commencod  upon  for  sever- 
al  seasons.  ,    on.Vipai.ps   a  balf 

peep  at  sucU  a  world  " 

Boatine  for  a  Lady. 

Else  and  dress;  go  down  to  the  spring;  drink  to  the  music 
mseanauiew,  B  gentlemon; 

of  the  band;  walk  around   tlie  park,    uow   lu  j, 

?.  ll»  v»\m  «»■!  «>»»  •»  »  "»B  Ir^-  "">e  S""' ; «»  '°  b'J- 
V.ri'd'b,  croqu...  Ml..'  bo.li»g-*ir,  I-»»  »^P'  ^« 
„1,»,J  .pring"6™nd  b,ll.  t>.i«  a  »«k.  «•»««■".  »•-  •°'' 
the  races. 


The  I 
take  pL 
of  the  li 
a  matte 
those  tr 
at  tlie  s 

Balls 
ety  of 
amusinj 
as  he  I 
a  charn 
corded 
of  pink 
with  sa 
curls,  H 
a  f /mired 
Brown, 


Hut,  t 
the    lak 
though 
order  of 


yet,  but 
all  othei 
even  life 
at  the  CI 
the  '•  hoi 
pored  w< 
in  comps 


TOVJIJUTS'   HANOBOOK, 


55 


lied  upon  for  sevor- 

t  embrace  H  a  balf 
L't."  One  realm  Is 
T  motliiT.  There  is 
r  Sartxtojra  for  the 
those  wlio?c  para- 
sdly,  comes  more  or 

lawyers,  politiiians 
Coming  from  Cuba, 
ling  from  the  South, 
II  New  England,  irith 
ere  gathers  here  a 
)le,-  each  «w£  generis, 
study  of  human  na- 
i-hoU'S  of  retreat,  to 


;  drink  to  the  music 
bow   to  gentkimon ; 
!  who  comi'S  in  on  the 
;  bow  to  gentlemen ; 
sn;   have  some  gossip 
jr  an  hour  and  a  half; 
th'!  band ;  ride  to  the 
bain  ;    dress  for  tea ; 
le  hop;  chat  a  while 
gome  guest ;  go  to  bed. 
ey,  Indian   camp,   the 
reek,  concerts,  &c.,  and 


Tha  Balli  and  Hopi. 

Tlie  three  l;ir;;('st  hotels  Imvo  elegant  ball  rooms,  where  hops 
fake  plate  evi-ry  evening.  Halls  are  held  every  week  at  each 
of  the  hoiise.1.  Upon  the  latter  occasion,  the  dressing  becomes 
a  matter  of  lile  and  death,  and  explains  why  such  numbers  of 
those  travi'lling  arks  known  as  "  Saratoga  trunks  "  are  docked 
at  the  station  every  summer. 

Balls  are  reported  in  the  papers  far  and  near ;  and  the  anxi- 
ety of  some  to  secure  a  good  report  of  their  costume  is 
amusing.     Brown's  dismay  at  the  bills  is  somewhat  appeased, 

as   he  reads   in    the   uioriiing  |)aper,  "  Miss  Brown  of  , 

a  charminj:,  graceful  blonde,  was  attired  in  a  rich  white 
corded  silk,  long  train,  with  ruffles  of  the  same,  overdress 
of  pink  gros-grain,  looped  en  panier,  coreage  low,  (hcolletU, 
with  satin  bows  anil  point  lace ;  hair  a  la  Pompadour,  with 
curls,  white  feathers,  poarls,  and  diamonds.  She  was  much 
admired.  Miss  Brown  is  tlie  accomplished  daughter  of  Mr. 
Brown,  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  nietropol:s." 

Romtnoe  and  Flirtation. 

But,  though  Saratoga  has  its  specialties,  —  the  race-track, 
the  lake.  Moon's,  Congress  Park,  and  the  springs,  —  and 
though  the  gay  crowd  of  visitors  year  by  year  reverses  the 
order  of  things  at  Newport,  as  Saxe  witiily.  remarks,  — 

"  At  tha  one  you  go  into  the  water; 
At  the  other  it  goes  into  you, "  — 

yet,  but  for  that  delight  of  all  summer  resorts,  before  which 
all  others  go  for  nothing,  —  flirtation  in  its  varied  phases,  — 
even  life  in  Saratoga  would  lose  its  chiefest  charm.  The  hops 
at  the  Clarendon,  the  Congress,  the  Union,  or  the  Central ; 
the  '•  holding  hands  "  on  the  benches  in  the  park  ;  the  whis- 
pered words  at  the  spring,  when  the  morning  glass  is  quaffed 
in  company ;  the  drive  by  moonlight  to  the  lake,  —  these  give 


66 


TOURISTS'  riAsnnnoK. 


the  «.t  to  »oci.ty  at  tho  Spring.,  nn.l  prove  neTor-falling  at- 
trHOtion..  \n  an  in.tan.o  of  what  n  Ihrtatu-n  may  do  to 
upwt  a  vouMg  and  impn-..ible  n>an>  Hen.,  wo  .luote  the  lol- 
lowing  ^.^Hc.H•ul  and  apt  vem..  by  Mr.  J.  Cl.eever  (.oodwin, 
n  talented  yoiinj^  wrltur  of  I*o»ton  :  — 

It  wn»  op  at  Siiratogn  tlmt  1  met  her, 

Wliere  I  went  to  drink  the  water,  for  my  lienlth; 

And  lier  etylUh  w«y  (I  never  ithalJ  forgot  her) 
Scoined  to  me  a  «ure  oonooniitant  of  wealth. 

In  her  flgure  and  her  fnce^^he  was  a  Venu»: 
Like  the  evBiie»cont  lightning  "hone  lier  oyos! 

In  the  dininB-room  one  table  wan  before  u»; 
But  tove  «uoh  paltry  dirtancen  defies. 

I  umiled  my  adorntion  o'er  ray  coffee, 

Drank  deep  of  tender  imimion  with  my  tea: 

As  tho  waiter  took  my  trout  untaiitiMl  off,  he 
Little  thought  it  wa»  »o  typical  of  me. 

I  was  caught  as  fast  as  ever  were  the  fishes ; 

And  the  hook  went  deei>er  In  with  every  meal: 
But  ray  hopoa  were  all  as  empty  as  the  dishes; 

And  my  sorrow  cut  as  deep  as  knife  of  steel. 

'Twa»  in  vain  1  promenaded  the  plazxa: 
She  was  never  in  the  parlor  night  or  day; 

And  I  thought,  "  She  is  an  invalid,  and  has  a- 
N  injunction  in  her  room  to  always  stay. 

«'  For  I  never  find  her  drinking  at  the  Hathom; 

To  the  hops  or  balls  1  never  see  her  go ; 
She  is  never  betting  Belmont  or  MoGrath  on, 

At  the  races  where  so  many  beauties  show." 

My  suspicions  were,  alas!  substantiated; 

For  excepting  at  our  meals  we  never  met : 
You'd  have  surely  thought  I  was  a  man  she  hated, 

Excepting  for  the  smiles  I  used  to  get. 


T 

A 

Tl 


TOU/ltSTS'   HANDIIOOK. 


57 


ive  neTor-falUng  at- 
irtBlli-n  may  do  to 
!«,  wo  <iuote  tlie  fol- 
,   Clieever  Goodwin, 


my  lieaUht 

at  Uur) 
weiilth. 


"  D(>««  iiha  ever  think  of  m«?  "  i  unJIy  woixleri 
"  \VI)«ii  ulie'ii  •etiiml  at  lier  breakfiwl  or  li«j  ten, 
Tliroi^h  the  iiinny  mllas  that  kee|>  ua  now  Hnuiuler, 
Do**  her  merooiy  ever  send  a  thought  to  meV  " 

And  I  (Hilly  fpiir  I'm  utterly  for({otton, 

Tlmt  my  presence  would  not  c«u«6  lier  heiirt  to  »tlr, 
That  ihoM  givi)  to  loe  me  not  »  nhiKle  liutton, 
Thonf,'li  I'd  gliidly  give  r  doston  to  see  her. 


;nu«: 
lier  oyos : 
6  ua; 


ly  ten : 

)fr,  he 

Hi>hes ; 
very  meal : 
e  diahea; 
of  stoel. 

a: 

dny; 
d  has  a- 
stny. 

Hikthom; 

go; 

rath  on, 
es  show." 

ited; 

er  met ; 

lan  she  hiited, 

get. 


CIlAI'TEli  ir. 

Th«  Hooiao-Tunnel  Eoute  B«tt. 

FTKR  leavirpt  Saratojjn,  the  trnv.lKr  who 
han  only  a  limited  amount  of  tinio  at  hi8 

will  in  all  prol.abiUty  do  ho  l.y  the  way 
of  Troy,  North  Adanw,  and  Hoo»ac  Tuii- 
nul.  Arriving  at  North  Adam-,  in  tho 
afternoon,  he  will  stop  over  at  the  Ballon 
Ilou.-e,  where  he  will  find  eve.y  thing  ho 
..Quld  wish  in  the  nhape  of  entertainment, 
—  large,  airy  rooms.  Rood  cookcty,  prompt 
nttendanco,  and  gentlemanly  and  ol.Hging 
men  in  the  proprietors,  liallou  and  Sons. 
Leaving  North  Adams  the  following  morni..g  at  ten  by  it  age, 
Ihe  to'ist  crosses  the  famous  Hoosac  Mountain,  the  tur.„.l 
through  whi.h  is  now  nearly  completed,  and.  d'-ng  at  W 
arrives  in  Boston  via  Vermont  &  Mas.achuH-tt.  and  H.chburg 
Railroad,,  at  ten  minuU-s  past  seven  in  the  evening. 

Buttho.evi8ito.-s  at  Saratoga  who  are  year.ang  for  green 
field.,  high  mountains,  and  waterfalls,  and  the  fragranv  breath 

0  t  wildwoods,  or  the  moi.t  b,•ee^e.  that  fan  t  ;.  lake.  w.U 

1  their  faces  northward.     A  few  hour.'  rule  wdl  take  them 

58 


tllKlllgl 

the  niQ 
tiarato^ 


Thi:i  laki 
con,  fifty 
two  mile 
of  Bcencr 
in  the  A 
being  a  I 
one  islan( 
or  eight  '. 
miles  frot 
diculur  fa 


East. 

[)i;n,  the  trnvilKr  who 
mount  of  time  at  hii 
to  n-turn  to  Hoston, 
ty  do  HO  l)y  the  wny 
nw,  and  Hoo»ac  Tun- 
Sorth    Adaint   in   tho 
op  over  at  the  Ballon 
11  find  every  tlunK  ho 
lape  of  eiitLMtainiiient, 
,  pood  cookcTy,  prompt 
itlemiiuly  and  ol.liging 
tors,  Hallou  and  Soni. 
,rnill^'  at  ten,  by  ilagf, 
Mountain,  the  tunnil 
and,  dining  at  lIooBaf, 
chusotts  and  Fitchburg 
the  evening. 
»re  yearning  for  green 
lud  the  fragranw  breath 
that  fan  the  lakes,  will 
in'  ride  will  take  them 


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61) 


llimiiRh  pla.01  that  vie  in  Rrand.ur  and  wild  heniity  with 
the  n>o«t  rcniareic  wenery  of  Switiorlnnd.  Kx.  1.1*1  na  from 
Saratoga  an-  fre.|uent  over  ihf  Adirondack  U  ilrond  to 


THE  DALLOU  HOUSE. 

tohroon  lake. 

This  lake  ia  situated  in  the  townships  of  Sehroon  and  Ilori. 
con,  fifty  miles  north  of  Saratoga.  It  is  ten  miles  long,  by 
two  miles  wide.  It  presents  some  of  the  finest  co.nbination. 
of  scenery  in  lake,  river,  mountain,  and  valley,  to  be  found 
m  the  Adirondack  region.  It  is  higher  than  Lake  (korge, 
being  a  thousand  feet  above  the  sea  level.  TLeie  is  only 
one  island  in  it.  The  mountains  around  it  are  .i-ven  hindred 
or  eight  hundred  feet  high.  At  Jessup's  Landing,  seventeen 
miles  from  Saratoga,  the  Hudson  River  passai  over  a  pt-rpen- 
ditular  fall  of  seventy  feet:   the  rapids  extend  half  a  mile 


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above  th'<  falls.  Here  the  mountain  region  of  the  Adirondacks 
prope'  oegins.  The  present  termiixis  of  the  road  ii  North 
Creol,  nay-ceven  miles  from  Saratoga.  North  of  Jessup's 
Landing,  the  road  follows  the  Hudson  River.  The  SaiondaRa 
River  is  twenty-two  miles  from  Saratoga :  it  is  t  panned  by  a 
bridge  four  hundred  and  fifty  feet  long,  and  ninety-six  liaet 
above  the  bed  of  the  river.  Just  beyond  this  bridge  is  the 
Hadley  Station,  the  stopping-place  for  viritors  to  Lake  Lu- 
zerne. There  is  a  well-furnished  hotel  near  the  lake.  The 
hills  rise  on  each  side  of  the  village  to  the  height  of  about  six 
hundred  feet,  and  the  walls  of  the  Hudson  are  compressed  into 
a  narrow  gorge,  forming  severr.i  boisterous  rapids. 

Thirty  miles  from  Saratoga,  the  railroad  ciosses  Stony  Creek, 
over  a  bridge  of  a  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  span.  Six 
miles  further  up  is  Thurmaii,  the  stopping-place  for  travellers 
who  take  this  route  to  Lake  George,  which  is  connected  with 
Thurman  by  a  regular  lin*:  of  coaches.  The  station  at  which 
tourists  stop  for  Schroon  Lake  is  Riverside,  fifty  miles  from 
Saratoga.  Ihence  the  pass\ge  is  over  a  good  road,  in  four- 
horse  coaches,  six  miles  to  the  foot  of  Schroon  Lake.  A  new 
steamer  pliesf  upon  the  lake,  and  takes  the  stage-load  of  pas- 
sengers, on  their  arrival,  over  the  lake  to  Schroon  Lake  Vil- 
lage. Several  first-class  hotels  have  in  former  seasons  8U|)plied 
all  the  wants  of  guests  at  reasonable  rates  ;  $2.00  to  $2.50  per 
day,  and  $10.00  to  $16.00  per  week,  being  the  rales  the  last 

season.  . ,  ^  u 

>  railroad  is  now  building,  connecting  Glen's  Falls  with  Cald- 
well at  the  head  of  Lake  (George.  But  for  the  present,  travel- 
lers must  avail  themselves  of  the  excellent  carriages  that  give 
easy  conveyances.  One  can  epgage  a  private  team,  and  thus 
get  leisure  to  examine  some  of  the  objects  that  will  interest 
him  on  the  way.  Mount  Pharaoh  and  Lake  Peabody  are  noted 
places  near  Schroon  Lake. 

The  Adirondack  road,  when  completed,  will  run  north  of 
Indian  Luke,  just  south  of  Racket  Lake,  and  along  the  north- 


ern edg 
merce  t 
been  ur 
visitors 
in  the  v 
spring', 
woods  a 


Takin 

ward,  ai 

twenty  i 

Hudson 

stratum  ( 

in  placet 

dicular  8 

Tlie  acti 

a  few  at 

kind  of  i 

the  write 

seventy 

clouds  of 

river  has 

rises  in 

surface  o 

rests  on  i 

thiii  poin 

bridge,  o 

Cave  and 

from  one 

concealm< 

ing-maste 

novels.    ] 

of a  broad 


K. 

a  of  the  Atiirondacks 
f  the  road  ii  North 

North  of  Jessup's 
rer.  The  Satondaga 
:  it  is  t  panned  by  a 

and  ninety-six  iiaet 
id  this  bridge  is  the 
visitors  to  Lake  Lu- 
near  the  lake.  The 
e  height  of  about  six 
1  are  compressed  into 
:S  rapids. 

I  ciosses  Stony  Creek, 
-five  feet  span.  Six 
ig-plaee  for  travellers 
ich  is  connected  with 
The  statioa  at  which 
■side,  fifty  miles  from 
a  good  road,  in  four- 
ihroon  Lake.  A  new 
be  stage-load  of  pas- 
to  Schroon  Lake  Vil- 
brmer  seasons  supplied 
I'S ;  S2.00  to  $2.50  per 
>eing  the  ra'ces  the  last 

[Jlen's  Falls  with  Cald- 
for  tUe  present,  travel- 
nt  carriages  that  give 
irivate  team,  and  thus 
jects  that  will  interest 
,ake  Peabodyare  noted 

ted,  will  run  north  of 
e,  and  along  the  north- 


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em  edge  of  the  Fulton  chain  of  lakes,  thus  opening  up  to  com- 
merce the  vast  lumber  and  mineral  districts  that  have  so  lone 
been  undeveloped.  This  road  is  already  much  in  favor  with 
visitors  at  Saratoga,  who  wish  to  make  a  sojourn  of  a  few  days 
in  the  wilderness.  Many  who  bid  a  permanent  good-by  to  the 
spring?,  for  the  sake  of  giving  considerable  time  to  lakes  and 
woods  and  mountains,  bend  their  course,  to  Lake  Geor<.e. 

The  Bonte  to  lake  George. 

Taking  the  Rensselaer  and  Snrato-a  Railroad  to  Fort  Ed- 
ward, and  then  passing  over  the  Glen's  Falls  Brc.nch,  a  ride  of 
twenty  nunutos  brings  you  to  Glen's  Falls,  which  are  on  the 
Hudson  R,ver,  two  hundred  miles  from  its  mouth.     The  sub- 
slralum  of  this  region  is  black  liuiestone,  which  is  crystallized 
in  p  aces,  and  which  is  in  flat  .strala,  so  regular  that  a  perpen- 
dicular section  looks  like  hewn  .tones  in  the  wall  of  a  building, 
nie  action  of  the  water  has  worn  some  of  these  strata  away, 
a  few  at  the  top,  and  more  farther  down  the  falls  ;  .o  that  a  • 
kind  of  irregular  senes  of  steps  has  been  formed,  over  which 
the  waters  of  the  river  go  thundering  down  a  descent  of  over 
seventy  feet.     .Seen  in  the  sunlight,  rainbows  appe.ir  in  the 
clouds  of  spray  that  are  to.'sed  into  the  air  just  belov7.     The 
river  has  worn  its  way  deep  into  the  black  limestone,  which 
rises  in  some  places  to  the  hei}.ht  of  seventy  feet  above  the 
surface  of  the  river.     A  bridge  six  hundred  feet  Iopr,  which 
rests  on  a  marble  Uland  in  the  centre,  crosses  the  Hudson  at 
this  point.     By  a  private  stairway  that  goes  down  near  the 
bridge,  one  may  reach  two  obj.cts  of  interest,  viz.,  Indian 
Cave  and  Big  Snake.    The  cave  runs  through  a  small  is'.-nd, 
from  one  channel  to  another.     'ITiis  is  said  to  be  the  plac  of 
conceahnent  of  Cora  and  Alice,  xMajor  Ilayward  a-id  the    ing- 
mg-master,  characters    familiar  to   the  readers  of    Cooj  cr's 
novejp.    Big  Snake  resembles  a  petrified  snake  on  the  su  ^ace 
of  a  broad  flat  rock.     Thin  veins  of  satin  spar  have  been  found 


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in  tbe  fallen  rocks  below  the  bririge;  an.l  also  tnlob.te.  occur- 
frequently,  imlwsddcd  in  the  rocks.  Caldwell,  at  the  head  of 
Lake  George,  is  nine  miles  distant  from  Glen's  Falls,  by  a  road 
that  runs  through  a  wild  and  picturesque  district. 

WiUiams  Book. 
Five  miles  from  Glen's  Falls,  on  the  right-hand  side  of  the 
load  is  a  hu<rc  bowlder,  known  as  AViUiams  Rock,  from  the  fact 
that  Col.  Williams  was  killed  here  on  the  8th  of  September, 
1765.     Gen.  Johnson  was  at  this  time  at  the  head  of  Lake 
George,  with  a  number  of  provincial  troops,  and  a  force  ot 
Indians  who  were  commanded  by  their  sacbeu.,  the  famous 
K^ndrich.     Baron  Dieskau  was  on  the  march  from  the  neigh- 
borhood of  St.  Edward,  with  a  body  of  French  and  Indians,  to 
attack  the  camp  of  Johnson.     William.,  wiih  one  thousand 
men  (among  whom  were  Israel  Putnam,  and  the  sachem  Hen- 
drich  commanding  two  hundred  warriors  of  the  Six  Nations), 
met  Dieskau  at  IWky  Brook,  four  miles  from  Lake  George; 
"and  a  most  bloody  engagement  at  once  took  place.     Hendnch, 
who  alone  was  on  horseback,  was  killed  on  the  spot.     Col. 
Williams  was  killed  near  the  rock  that  bears  his  naiue.      I  he 
English  were  forced  to  retreat  to   Lake  George.    Near  V>  il- 
liams  l^k  is  a  small  pond  about  three  hundred  feet  in  diame- 
ter, thickly  covered  in  summer  with  pond  lilies,  known  as 

Bloody  Pond. 
This  name  is  given  to  it  from  the  fact  that  the  French  tlirew 
the  Englishmen  slain  in  the  engagement  into  the  pond.  There 
is  a  tradition  that,  for  years  afterwards,  the  water  had  a  bloody 
tint.  The  mountain  near  by  is  called  French  Mountain,  from 
the  fact  that  upon  it  the  French  first  made  their  sudden  ap- 

^^Two  miles  to  the  north  of  Williams  Rock,  the  brow  of  the 
highlands  is  reached ;  and  here  one  may  weU  stop  and  take  in 


10  trilobite*  occur- 
bU,  at  the  head  of 
fi's  Falls,  by  a  road 
strict. 


it-hand  side  of  the 
Hock,  from  the  fact 
8th  of  September, 

the  head  of  Lake 
jps,  and  a  force  of 
acheu.,  the  famous 
ch  from  the  neigh- 
mch  and  Indians,  to 
wiih  one  thousand 
id  the  sachem  Hen- 
f  the  Six  Nations), 
from  Lake  George; 
k  place.     Hendrich, 

on  the  spot.  Col. 
ars  his  name.  The 
George.  Near  Wil- 
ndred  feet  in  diame- 
lilies,  known  as 


it  the  French  threw 
ito  the  pond.  There 
e  water  had  a  bloody 
ench  Mountain,  from 
ide  their  sudden  ap- 

lock,  the  brow  of  the 
well  stop  and  take  in 


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63 


the  broad  view  of  the  lake  that  lies  before  him.  It  is  at  the 
township  of  Cdldwell  that  the  first  complete  view  is  presented 
of  the  southern  extremity  of  Lake  George. 

Our  First  Viev  of  lake  George. 

This  beautiful  sheet  of  water  lies  wholly  in  the  State  of  New 
York.  The  Indian  name  was  Horicon  (a  silver  water)  ;  some- 
times, also,  they  called  it  Caniderivoit,  or  Tail  of  the  Lake,  on 
account  of  its  situation  in  relation  to  Lake  Chainplain.  The 
village  of  Caldwell  is  near  the  site  of  Fort  William  Henry, 
which  was  erected  by  Gen.  Johnson  in  1755,  after  the  battle 
near  Bloody  Pond  already  referred  to.  It  was  at  this  fort,  in 
1757,  that  the  Indian  allies  of  the  French  marquis,  Montcalm, 
fell  upon  the  English  who  had  surrendered  themselves  to  the 
French  as  prisoners  of  war,  and  murdered  in  cold  blood  or 
carried  away  captive  fifteen  hundred  men.  The  ravine  in 
which  the  slaughter  took  place  is  called  Bloody  Defile,  and  lies 
between  French  Mountain  and  the  road  from  Glen's  Falls  to 
the  lake.  Men  and  women  had  their  throats  cut :  the  miser- 
able pri.soner8  were  tomahawked  without  mercy ;  and  as  many 
as  sixty,  certainly,  were  murdered  in  cold  blood. 

Near  the  ruins  of  Fort  William  Henry  stands  the  Fort  Wil- 
liam Henry  Hotel,  —  a  spacious  and  beautiful  house,  containing 
accommodations  for  nine  hundred  guests.  The  grounds  are  laid 
out  with  great  elegance  and  taste,  and  slope  down  to  the  edge 
of  the  waters  of  the  lake,  and  afford  fine  views  of  the  southern 
end  of  the  lake.  Broad  promenades  running  the  whole  length 
of  the  house  fronting  the  lake,  a  sparkling  fountain  constantly 
playing  in  the  grounds,  thrifty  and  well-arranged  shrubbery, 
are  «ome  of  the  external  poin's  that  first  catch  the  eye ;  and  all 
the  appointments  of  the  interior  fully  correspond  with  the  im- 
pression given  by  this  outward  view. 

The  ruins  of  Fort  George  are  about  a  mile  south-east  from 
|the  Fort  William  Henry  Hotel.    All  that  is  now  left  of  the  old 


:i   • 


fort  i« 
of  th« 
high  i 
marbl 


from  t 

is  in  8 

evor.vi 

platt.  ( 

than  a 

Canad 

times  1 

in  thi* 

and  b€ 

who  ai 

the  pli 

invade 

much  I 

as  for  ( 

on  an  i 

tain  an 

place  t 

hind  it 

of  the 

or,  belt 

time  th 

there  a 

here. 

caught 

dance. 

than  il 

readily 


^i^iJi-iSit-'--"-  '•;■ 


9R 


II':, 


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6u 


fort  .8  the  rums  of  the  rectangular  citadel  that  was  built  inside 
of  the  breastworfes.  A  part  of  the  old  wall  nearly  twcntv  fret 
high  18  standing.  It  was  built  on  a  foundation  of  solid  black 
marble,  of  the  same  kind  that  is  found  at  Glen's  Falk. 


m 


c.  a; 


o 


j)l;l 


loTely  and  Diversiflad  Scenery. 

Lake   George  is  thirty-six  miles  long,  and  varies  in  width 
irom  three-quarters  of  a  mi  e  to  three  or  four  miles.    The  watt  r 
IS  in  some  places  nrore  than  four  hundred  feet  deep,  and  is 
evor.vwhere  remarkably  dear,  so  much  so  that  a  white  earthen 
plati.  can  be  seen  at  a  depth  of  more  than  thirty  feet.     .More 
than  a  hundred  years  ago,  the  French  who  can.'e  down  from 
Canada  gave  it  the  nams  of  Lake  Sacrament,  and  used  some- 
times to  transport  the  waters,  on  account  of  tluir  purity,  to  use 
m  their  churches  as  ho'y  water.     The  lovers  of  the  subliu.e 
and  beautiful  visit  L.ke  George  for  its  scenery;  patriotic  men 
who  are  interested  in  the  history  of  the  country,  to  stand  iu 
the  place  where  their  fathers  fought  bravely,  and  baffled  the 
invaders;  and  the  epi.ure  turns  his   face  hitherward,  not  so 
much  for  the  tender  and  soul-slirring  associations  of  the  place 
as  for  the  more  practical  motive  of  a  good  digestion  that  wails 
on  an  appetite  gratified  by  the  choicest  dainties  of  the  moun- 
tain and  lake.    This  lake  holds  in  America  much   the  same 
place  that  Loch  Katrine  does  in  Scotland,  and  hardly  f;,ll^  be- 
hind it  in  witching  beauty.     Let  any  one  read   Scott's  "  Lady 
of  the  Lake  "  just-before  making  the  trip  across  Lake  Geor  r,' 
or,  belter  still,  take  it  along  with  him  if  he  is  to  spend  aT>y 
time  there,  and  he  will  tc  surprised  to  see  how  many  points 
there  are  common  to  Scotch  scenery  and  what  he  witnesses 
here.     Salmon  trout  weighing  from  five  to  twenty  pounds  are 
caught  here,  and  also  fine  perch  and  pickerel  in  great  abun- 
dance.    Scarcely  any  thing  can   be  i-nngined  more  beautiful 
than  the  scenery  along  the  banks  of  the  lake;  and  «e  can 
readily  believe  the  statements  of  travellers  who  sry,  that    in 


I||^ci|    I 


pom  in  t 

that  m 

the  pre 

differcr 

these  tl 

as  threi 

lar^e  a 

from  th 

and  shr 

the  side 

wild  fo 

It  is  t\ 

ChampI 

ofRattl 

leaves  ( 

pai'Ses  a 

this  patl 

and  the 

trees. 

good  ou 

A  few 


may  not 
forms  lee 
Fort  Ge 
once  coi 
rare  on  i 
visitors, 
of  clear 
thit  wer< 
been  foii 
moiintait 
on  the  ^ 
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li 


pomintic  beauty,  there  is  no  natural  scenery  in  Switzerland 
that  f-urpasses  the  views  in  this  neighborhood.     The  charm  of 
the  prospect  is  greatly  increase.!  by  the  number  of  islands  of 
different  forms  and  sliea  that  are  seen  in  every  direction.     Of 
these  there  are  more  than  three  hundred;  some  say  as  many 
as  three  hundred  and  sixty-five.     Several  of  these  are  quite 
large  and  are  cultivated ;  others  rise  in  steep  rocky  ledges 
from  the  water,  with  tuOs  of  grass  and  bushes  upon  their  tops, 
and  shrubs  striking  their  roots  into  the  cracks  and  crannies  of 
the  sides.     Some  are  mere  bare  rocks,  affording  a  place  for  the 
wild  fowl  which  formerly  resorted  hither  in  great  numbers. 
It  IS  two  huudred  and  thirty  feet  above  the  level  of  Like 
Champlain.     A  fine  view  of  the  lake  is  obtained  from  the  top 
of  Rattlesnake  Hill,  just  south  of  Caldwell.     A  mountain  path 
leaves  the  highway  opposite  the  Wiiiiara  Henry  ,Hotel,  ami 
parses  around  the  base  of  a  mountain  through  a  wood.     Ov  r 
tb.s  path  one  can  go  half  way  to  the  top :  the  road  is  then  left 
and  the  summit  reached  by  a  hard  climb  over  rocks  and  fallen 
trees.    There  is  an  open  space  on  top,  from  which  there  is  a 
good  outlook  on  to  the  lake. 
A  few  words  about 

The  Minerals  of  Lake  George 

may  not  be  out  of  place.  Compact  dove-colored  limestone 
forms  ledges  near  the  head  of  Lake  George;  and  the  walls  of 
I<ort  George  were  largely  made  of  it.  Q„artz  crystals  were 
once  common  on  the  islands  of  the  lake,  but  are  now  more 
rare  on  account  of  the  numbers  that  have  been  carried  off  by 
visitors.  Diamond  Island  took  its  name  from  the  abundance 
of  clear  and  limpid  quartz  that  occurred  there,  and  the  geodes 
Ihit  were  quite  frequmt.  Specimens  of  calcareous  spar  have 
been  found  in  the  same  vicinity.  Vematiie  abounds  in  the 
mountains  about  the  lake  ;  and  eight  miles  from  Ticcnderoea. 
on  the  west  side  of  the  lake,  flesh-red  feldspar  and  compact 
epidote  have  been  found, -the  feldspar  in  large  plates  in 


r 


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granite,  and  the  epidote  in  loce  Btonc.  P»"-\^^° '^^^^  "^^^ 
Ticonderoga,  both  ma«ive  and  .cattered,  m  b"  »»ant  ,.lat.. 
Other  minerals  more  familiar,  such  an  garnet  and  black  tour 
malin,  arc  obncrved  on  the  western  shore  of  the  lake. 

The  Bail  down  tho  lake 
from  Cal.lwell  is  now  made  in  a  few  hour,  in  one  of  the  elegant 
^nT...ey  B.ea.n.«  that  ply  l^twcen  Caldwell  and  T.conderoga. 
B    rirting,  .ak3  a  stand  upon  the  high  bank  that  ove^ook. 
,he  hoad  of  the  lake.     Fren:!.  Mountain  .«  .n  full  y.ew,  lUttle- 
tue  Hill  rises  to  the  height  of  fifteen  ^^J^^^^ 
gn.at  distance;  and  the  enchunUng  bo««m  of  the  lake  t  Uf 
Lms  t,3  call  jou  to  embark  upon  .t.  and  enjoy  the    hlu ious 
ZZL.  that  come  from  the  novelty  and  lM,auty  of  the  ehan- 
„  rpanorama.     Pass  down  to  the  landing,  and  step  on  board 
S,f  steamer  that  is  re.uly  to  receive  you.  and  in   cc^npany 
wth  I  e"  any  tourists  who  are  ready  to  share  your  dehght,  wa. 
Trth    moment  of  starting.     "  All  aboard  for  T.-nderoga ! 
The  b>.ll  rincrs,  the  shriek  of  the  whistle  reverberates  aaong  the 
rrrounl  n^°l  »1B.  and  you  are  borne  off  on  one  of  the  most 
dS  t   rexeurJions  tl.at  the  world    can  f-n^l*;  / J';^; 
Mountain  use.  high  and  weU-wooded,  on  the  east  Bide  of  the 
J  CterminatingSn  Plug's  Point.     A  mile  or  so   dow„ 
lake  close  by  the  shore  on  the  west  si.le,  is  Tea  l^lan^,  where 
year's  a°o  a  La-house  was  kept  for  the  convenience  of  v..  or. 
i  mUe^nd  a  half  farther  on  is  Diamond  IsKjd,  named  from 
the  crystals  of  quartz  found  here ;  and  of  \«  "f  ^^^/^V  .^^ 
east  .ide  of  the  l.ke,  is  Dunham's  Bay.     In  1777  the  Bnt.s^ 
fieieral  Bur^oyne  had  his  stores  here;  and  there  w.s  a  hara 
Slisl  bet;een  the  British, ho  held  the  «land,  -d  'h«  fj; 
vincials*    North  of  Dunham's   Bay  is   Long   Point,  a  long 
ZSiof  land  running  like.acau.ewayoutintoth.wa.^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

near  the  extremity  of  this  point  is  Long  Island.    No.th 
•  See  Bancroft's  Hist.  U.S.,  ix.,  406. 


Long  P( 

forms  I] 

Montcali 

Twelve  i 

wooded, 

Ueclusc 

pretty  en 

a  landing 

out  agair 

Lland  al 

the  Nam 

Point  is  8 

north  of 

Mountair 

five  miles 

into  the  li 

Opposite 

iog  Rjck 

th(!  lake  1 

some   of 

shore.     K 

Black  Mc 

hundred 

cellar,  ami 

the  Narro 

so  called  r 

abundant 

from  the  s 

upon  a  shf 


North  o; 
Point.  Tl 
us  that  in 


imbago  occars  nfinr 
in  brilliant  jilatrs. 
et  an. I  black  tour- 
r  the  lake. 


n  one  of  the  elegant 
11  anil  Ticonileroga. 
bank  that  overlook* 
in  full  view,  RiUtle- 
Imnilred  feet,  at   no 
in  of  the  lake  itself 
enjoy  tlie  dilii ious 
Ijcauty  of  tlie  chan- 
r,  and  step  on  board 
u,  and  in   company 
iro  your  delight,  wait 
d  for  Ticonderoga !  " 
irerberates  aivong  the 
'  on  one  of  the  most 
an  furnish.     French 
the  east  side  of  the 
nilo  or  so   down   the 
is  Tea  Island,  where 
ttvenience  of  visitors. 
i  Isl  -id,  named  from 
oflF  behind  it,  on  the 
In  1777  the  British 
md  there  w^s  a  hard 
,e  island,  and  the  Pro- 
Long  Point,  a  long 
)ut  into  thi  water ;  and 
ong  Island.    North  of 

ix.,  406. 


TOUmSTS'  HANDBOOK.  gg 

Long  Point  the  water  reaches  „p  under  the  mountain,,  and 
<on„«  Ilarr.s's  Jhy,  the  place  where  the  French  commander 
Montcalm  moored  his  transports  and  lan.led  his  troops  in  1757. 
1  we  ve  miles  from  Caldwell  i.  Dome  IsUnd,  large  and  heavily 
woode,l,  named  from  its  appearance  when  seen  from  a  distance.  ' 
Kecluso   Island,  just  west  of  Dome,  may  be  identified  by  a 
pretty  cottage  nentling  among  the  trees.     The  steamer  m  .kes 
a  landing  at  Bolton  on  the  west  side  of  the  lake,  an.I,  starting 
out  agam,  when  four  miles  from  Boltoa  reaehe.  Fourteen  Mile 
Island  at  the  foot  of  Shelving  Rock,  just  at  the  entrance  to 
U.e  Narrows.     Befi.re  reaching  Fourteen  Mile  Island,  Phelps's 
Pornt  IS  seen  on  the  right  extending  from  the  mainland;  and 
north  of  the  point,  nearly  opposite  the  Island,  is  De-jr  Pasture 
Mountain.     Just  north  of  Bolton,  North-west  Bay  runs  inland 
hve  mdes.     To  the  east  of  this  bay.  Tongue  Mountain  runs 
nto  the  lake,  and  reveals  the  shape  whence  it  derives  its  nime 
Opposite  this  mountain,  on  the  east  side  of  th.  lake,  is  Shelv- 
•Qg  Hock  ;  and  here,  as  we  travel  north,  we  enter  the  part  of 
th..  hke  known  as  the  Narrows.     Here  we  come  in  .ight  of 
some   of  the  boldest  and   most  rugged  outlines  of  the   lake 
shore.     North  of  Shelving  Rock,  on  the  east  .i,Ie  of  the  lake,  is 
Black  Mountam,  rising  to  the  height  of  two  thousand  ei-rht 
hundred   feet,  and  covered  with  a  thick  ..rowth  of  sprure, 
ce<lar,  and  pn.e.     Three  or  four  miles  nor.h  of  the  entrance  to 
the  Narrows,  on  the  west  side  of  the  lake,  is  Buck  Mountain, 
so  called  from  the  fact  that  yeara  ago,  when  deer  were  more 
abundant  than  they  now  are,  a  b,.ck  pursued  by  dogs  leaped 
from  the  summit  that  overhangs  the  lake,  and  was  spitted  alive 
upon  a  sharp-pointed  trunk  of  a  tree  that  was  standing  below. 

Hiitorieal  Loealitiea. 

North  of  Buck  Mountain  is  the  cape  known  as  Sabbath  Day 
i'oii.t.  The  origin  of  the  name  is  doubtful.  Siorv-writers  tell 
us  that  in  July,  1758,  the  army  of  Abercrombi.,  Sixteen  thou- 


V 


•^Q  TOVniSTS'   HANDBOOK. 

,and  men,  larded  hero.    ThoyhHd  embarked  at  thohcad  of 
the  lake  in  one  hundred  and  twenty-f.ve  wl.ale.l.oat.  an-  In  ne 
hundred  Meaux  to  attack  Tlcond..n.ga   and    Crown    1  o.nt. 
One  Satunlay  night  the  force  landed  on  th«  jvo.nt  [or  J^'^''^" 
nun. ;  and.  «;  they  were  not  fairly  away  from  .t  u„  .  the  ^t 
„.„r„ing.  the   low  cape  ha.  nnee  been  called    ^-^^^-^ ^l'^ 
Point.     It  i.  a  pity  to  .poll  such  a  pretty  .tory ;  but  a.  Abor- 
crombie  landed  h-re  on  Wednesday,  and  not  on  Sat«r.l..y  nioht. 
and  a.  the  name  ^vas  applied  to  the  point  at  lea«t  one  year 
b..fore  the  time  of  hi.  landing,  the  common  .tory  of  *>'«  "''K'° 
of  the  name  mu«t  be  set  a«ide.     Odcll  Island  Sc.Uch  Bonnet 
and  Cook'.  -Island  are  p>..sed  afier  leaving  Sabbath  Day  Po  nt 
McDonald'.  Bay  i.  .een  upon  the  lefr  "^f  ""  \'^V,"^   tt! 
huge  precipice,  of  Anthony'.  No.e.     t.n  the  west  .ide  of  the 
iake.  nearly  opposite  Anthony's  No.e.  is  a  steep,  bare,  rocky 
precipice,   four   hundred   feet  high.     \--^ f^'^r^: 
H.0  Jh  descent  of  two  hundred  feet  re.ebmg  f«-"    :  «Vll; 
Thi.  ts  known  as  Holers'.  Slide.     In  the  w.nter  of  1 7..8  Major 
Rogers,  who  commanded  a  company  of  Colonial  .old.er..  wa 
.coating  near  the  outlet  of  the  lake.  -^^^  ^'^^f^f/;* 
pursued  by  the  Indians.     He  came  to  the  high  blufl^  near  i^ 
Lmmit  of   the  slide,  and  made  hi.  way  down  to  the   upper 
edge  of  the  inclined  plane :  here  he  unfastened  h"  f  »'';^-«  -^^' 
turned  about  in  them,  and,  with  his  toes  toward,  the  heel,  of 
hi.  shoe.,  walked  awoy  from  .he  rock  t^k  «  -emt  dow^  t 
the  ice.  and  made  hi.  ese^pe  to  Fort  George.    The  Indian 
came  U^  the  top  of  the  rock ;  and,  seeing  apparently  the  track 
of  two  pen,oni  directed  toward,  the  lake,  they  supposed  tha 
L  me^must  have  .lid  down  the  rock:   th.s  behef  wa. 
,tren<^thened  by  the  .ight  of  the  major  running  across  the  ice 
?he^ndians  were  filled  with  wonder  that  any  >-«  -"Id  go 
down  this  long  and  steep  decent,  and  find  himself  alive  after- 
wa^-  and  they  felt  sure  the  major  must  have  been  under  the 
;;ot;tron  of  L  Great  Spi.it,  and  dared  not  further  mole.t 
one  who  had  defied  such  danger. 


Two 
ill  (he  t 
er*  (al<( 
with  sh 
Lord  II 
Day  I'o 
to  the  h 
by  are 
fJeorge 


d  at  tho  head  of 
|L>-))OiitR  and  nine 
d    Crown    Point. 

jwint  for  refri'sh- 
n  it  until  tlie  ncnt 
led  Sabbath  Day 
)ry ;  but,  as  Abor- 
)ii  Satnrdiiy  nii^lit, 

at  least  one  year 
story  of  the  oriRin 
d,  Scotch  Boiiuet, 
Jabbath  Day  Point. 
1(1  on  the  rij^ht  the 
he  west  side  of  the 
,  steep,  bare,  rocky 
ne  place  is  seen   a 
g  down  to  the  lake, 
inter  of  1758  Major 
ilonial  soldiers,  was 
was  discovered  and 
bigh  bluff,  near  the 
down  to  the   upper 
>ned  his  snow-shoes, 
owards  the  heels  of 
ik  a  circuit  down  to 
;orge.     Tho  Indians 
pparently  the  tracks 
!,  they  supposed  that 
ck:   this  belief  was 
nning  across  the  ice. 
it  any  man  could  go 
d  himself  alive  after- 
have  been  under  the 
d  not  further  molest 


TOUIIISTH'    /hlXDUOJK. 


1 


Two  miles  north  of  Hoijers's  Slide  is  Prlnon.n.'  Island,  where, 
in  the  time  of  the  French  war,  tho  Fremji  confined  dm  prison- 
er-' taken  from  the  Kn^liMh.  This  island  i:«  nearly  covered 
with  shrubbery.  Ju-t  we  it  of  it  is  Lord  Howe's  Point,  where 
Lord  Il>we  la.idid  with  Abercrombie  alter  li-avii.g  S,d)b(ith 
Day  I'oint.  Shortly  a«l<T  luavii.j,'  Primners'  Island  we  come 
to  the  landing-pliice,  and  take  our  leave  of  the  ateaincr.  Near 
by  are  i)art  of  the  rnpids  over  which  the  waters  of  Lake 
fieorge  are  discharged  i'      '  jamplain. 


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CllAPTEli    V. 
To  Tioanderoga,  and  down  lake  Champlaln. 

[^AVINCJ  fi'ttsted  the  tve  and  refrcshe  1  tlic  wenry 
body  hy  the  Bail  down  Lake  (JeorK-,  lew  vouristH 
are  williii.^  to  return  the  way  thuy  -anui.  Tliere 
is  Mill  so  much  to  bo  neon  tlmt  U  intvroiting 
and  attractive  bo  near  at  hmd,  that  tliey  almost 
without  excp.ion  push  on  to  Ticondoroga,  with  its  charms  of 
,c,  n-ry  nnd  its  historic  assooialio.is,  and  generally  do  not 
stop  ^ho.  t  of  a  trip  down  Lake  Champlain  to  Burlmgton  and 

riattsburg.  „       ,„.        , 

The  distance  from  the  lan<ling-place  to  Fort  licondero3«  h 
four  mile..     Carriajres  will  Im)  found  ready  upon  the  arrival  of 
everv  boat  to  convey  us  thither,     ll.e  road  much  of  the  way 
(ollow*  the  outlet  of  Lake  (ieorpo,  affording  occasional  v.ews 
„f  the  rapids:  and  in  a  short  ti.ne  the  traveller  finds  himsel    at 
old  Fort  Ticon.leroRf..      The  stage-ride   from  the  steamboat 
landing  on  1  ake  George  io  Fort  T.co.ideroga  will  soon  bo 
among  the  things  of  the  past.     A  route  has  already  been  sur- 
veved  for  a  railroad  to  connect  these  points ;  and  possibly  before 
these  words  are  in  print  the  p&ssage  may  Imj  naade  in  a  few 
minutes   from   the  wharf  on   Lake  George  to  that  on  Lake 
Cha  nplain  in  a  rail-car.     This  fort  stands  upon  a  point  of  laiid 
that  runs  down  between  the  outlet  of  Lake  George  an.lthe 
bead  of  Lake  Champlain.     It  therefore  has  water  on  three 
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Bidt-s,  an.l  i8  a.lmirably  silaated  for  defence.     The  whole  pom 
embraces  fiv.-  or  six  hundred  acres,  and  is  about  one  hundred 
feet  above  the  level  of  the  lake.     It  was  named  Fort  Car  lion, 
,>hen  built  in  1  750,  bv  the  French.    Bancroft  refers  to  U  bf  this 
name  in  his  account  of  the  French  and  Indian  war ;  Jut  k 
wivs  afterwards  re-christened  Tieonderoga,  the  Indian   name 
bein.'  pref.rred,  especully  by  the  Colonists  who  were  opposed 
to  the  French.     The  name   is  derived  from   an  I..d,an  word 
Clu'on.lernga,  which  mems  "  sounding  waters,"  and  was  fust 
Tiven  to  the  rnpids  in  tlie  outlet  of  Lake  George. 
"  As  the  sta-es  reich  the  ruins  of  the  old  fort,  the  proprietor, 
who  alwavs  accompanies  tht-m,  sif^nals  all  to  stop;    and,  dts- 
•monntin- 'himself,  thus  addresses  the  passengers  :  -  _ 

"You    will  observe,  if  you  plea.se,  the  ruins  ot  old   tort 
Tieonderoga,  built  in   1756  by  the  French;  taken  in  17o9by 
the   Eng'i,h,  under  Gen.  Amherst;  taken  agam  m   UiO    -) 
the  Americans,  coom.anded  by  Col.  Ethan  Allen,  one  of  the 
grand  old  Revolutionary  patriots  [applause],  whose  arms  were 
rustj  tlintlo  ks,  whose  uniforms  were  unilbrmly  rags  without 
hats  or  shoes,  whose  beds  and  blankets  were  Mother  hartl,, 
whose  shelter  tents  were  the  canopy  of  heaven,  whose  marches 
through  the  country  could  be  traced  by  the  blood  from  Hum.' 
sore  and  Ueedi.ig  feet  [applause];  and  yet  this  noble  b.nd  of 
brothers  struggled  on,  that  they  might  give  to  our  country  the 
independence  which  we  now  enjoy  [applause].     God   in   ins 
infinite  menv  grant  that  it  may  continue  [great  applause] 
hold  your  hor;es,  hold  vonr  horses  !  [laughrer]  till  the  elements 
with  fer^eQt  heat  shall  melt,  each  in  its  turn;  the  genial  moon 
refuse  her   light;    the   snn  to  darkness  turn! -Drive    on, 

^XsTacross  the  outlet,  to  the-north  of  the  fort,  is  Mount  De- 
fiance, on  which  Burgoyne  planted  his  cannon  in  ly  ;  o^er 
on  the  Vermont  shle.  Mount  Independence,  on  which  m.htary 
works  n.ay  still  be  seen.  Mount  Hope,  a  mile  north  of  Tieon- 
deroga, was  also  fortified  by  Burgoyne. 


m 


ft) 


e.  The  who'x'  point 
s  about  one  huii'lnil 
lamed  Fort  Car  lion, 
oft  refers  to  it  by  this 
I  Indian  war ;  but  it 
;i\,  the  Indian  name 
ts  who  were  oppnsel 
from  an  Indian  word 
aters,"  and  was  fust 
George. 

1  fort,  the  proprietor, 
.11  to  stop;  and,  dis- 
engers :  — 

lie  ruins  of  old  i  ort 
ch;  taken  in  1759  by 
sn  again  in  1775  by 
lan  Allen,  one  of  the 
ise],  whose  arms  wero 
iiilbrmly  rags  witliout 
s  were  Mother  Eartli, 
leaven,  whose  marches 
,'  the  blood  from  tlu'ir 

yet  this  noble  band  t>i 
rive  to  our  country  the 
i|)lau-ie].  God  in  his 
tinue  [great  applause] 
;^hrer]  till  the  elements 

turn ;  the  genial  moon 
ss  turn !  —  Drive    on. 

f  the  fort,  is  Mount  Du 
cannon  in   1777;  over 
ence,  on  which  military 
,  a  mile  north  of  Ticon- 


'.  I      'i! 


76 


TOU JUSTS'   HANDBOOK. 


The  ruins  of  old  Fort  Ticonderoga,  standing  on  tlie  liigb 
point  already  mentioned,  are  visitud  every  year  by  thousands 
who  love  to  dwell  on  I'ae  thrilling  historical  associations  that 
cluster  about  this  spot.  Many  of  the  old  walls  remain ;  and  the 
ori-inal  plan  of  the  fortifications  can  be  distinctly  made  out. 
Walking  among  the  crumbling  ruins,  and  recalling  the  past, 
one  may  easily  imigine  how  everything  loolced  hero  a  hundred 
years  ago,  and  almost  hear  the  thumping  of  Ethan  Allen  s 
sword  as  he  rapped  on  the  door  for  Da  Laplaen,  the  com- 
mander, to  make  his  appearance,  an<l  demanded  of  him  the 
surrender  in  the  name  of  the  Great  Jehovah  and  the  Contin- 
ental Congress. 

It  is   somewhat  remarkable  that  Ticonderoga    was  three 
times  captured  without  active  resistance.  —  first  by  the  English 
in  1759;  next  by  Ethan  Allen  in  1775;  then  by  Burgoync  in 
1777.     This  was  the  place  of  rendezvous  of  the  French  under 
Montcalm.     Near  the  fort  Lord  Howe  was  killed,  and  Aber- 
crombie  was  defeated  with  the  loss  of  two  thousand  men,  in 
July,  1758  ;  in  1759  Lord  Amherst  marched  from  Fort  Edward 
v.ith' eleven  thousand  men,  and  took  the  fort  from  the  French, 
who  dismantlea  it,  and  fled  to  Crown  Point.     Ethan  Allen,  at 
the  head  of  the  Green  Mountain  Boys,  received  the  surrender 
of  the  fort  on  the  10th  of  May,  1775.     From  the  capture  by 
Allen  till  the  5th  of  June,  1777,  the  Americans  held  it :  then 
:t  was  captured   by  Burgoyne,  who  planted   his   cannon   on 
Mount  Defiance,  and  thus  had  the  garrison  completely  at  lr,s 
mercy.     Boats  that  run  from  AVhitehall  to  Plattsburg  touch  at 
Ticonderoga. 

The  New  York  and  Canada  Bailroad. 
This  is  the  name  of  the  road  which  is  .o  connect  Ticonde- 
roga with  Plattsburg,  and  extend  to  Whitehall.  It  is  already 
partly  built.  From  Ticonderoga  to  Port  Henry,  the  road  .s 
completed;  and  the  work  is  going  briskly  on  between  Ticon- 
deroga and  Whitehall.     A  tunnel  seven  hundred  feet  long 


inding  on  tlie  high 
y  year  by  thousands 
:&]  associations  that 
alls  remain;  and  the 
distinctly  made  out. 
I  recalling  the  pa^t, 
oked  hero  a  hundred 
iir  of  Ethan  Allen's 
J  Laplaen,  the  com- 
emanded  of  him  the 
vah  and  the  Contin- 

onderoga  was  three 
—  first  by  the  English 
thiT.  by  Burgoyne  in 
of  the  French  under 
ms  killed,  and  Aber- 
,wo  thousand  mi'n,  in 
ed  from  Fort  Edward 
fort  from  the  Fienih, 
int.  Ethan  Allen,  at 
jceived  the  surrender 
From  the  capture  by 
lericiins  held  it:  then 
mted  his  cannon  on 
son  completely  at  his 
to  Plattsburg  touch  at 

Railroad. 

s  .0  connect  Ticonde- 
litehall.  It  is  already 
irt  Henry,  the  road  is 
:\y  on  between  Ticon- 
en  hundred  feet  long 


TOVn/STS'   HANDBOOK.  77 

through  the  oM  fort  grounds,  an.l  a  bri.lge  over  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  in  length  aeroBs  the  outlet  of  Lake  (Jeo.ge,  nre  among  the 
lahor.  to  be  done  in  the  «ay  of  engineering.  This  road  will 
g.vo  an  alj-rail  connection  between  I'iaitaburg  and  Boston  or 
Aew  York.  From  Plattsburg  curs  have  for  some  time  been 
running  to  the  Ausable  River. 

Lake  Champlain. 

This  lake,  lying  between  the  Slates  of  Vermont  and  Xe^ 
lork,  has  a  length  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  miles  (rom 
>V  hitehall  at  the  s.mthern  extremity,  to  its  northern  outlet.  It 
vanes  in  breadth  from  half  a  mile  to  ten  miles,  and  in  .lepth 
from  fifty  to  two  hundred  and  eighty  feet.  Among  the  rivers 
that  flow  into  it  are  the  Chazy,  Sarnnac,  Ausablc,  and  Bocjuet 
on  the  west;  the  Winocski  and  Mis.-isf,uoi  on  the  easC.  The 
ake  .hscharges  into  the  St.  Lawrence  River  through  a  river 
known  by  various  names,  as  the  Sorel,  St.  Johns,  or  more  gen- 
erally the  Richelieu.  ^ 

The  ii,st  forty  miles  of  the  passage  northward  from  \Vhitc- 
hall  .8  more  like  a  ride  upon  a  river  than  u  lake,  as  in  this  por- 
tion It  often  narrows  to  less  than  h  ilf  a  mile  in  wi.lth,  and  in 
soma  places  to  (ifry  or  sixty  rod,.  Tho  boat  glides  over  the 
evensurlaee  of  the  lake;  the  woods,  hillsides,  and  farmhou.es 
are  in  full  view ;  a  fresh,  balmy  air  floats  from  the  pastures  and 
I'llltops  to  the  waters  of  the  lake ;  there  is  none  of  the  monot- 
ony of  a  sea  voyage,  none  of  the  pitching  and  tossin-r  experi- 
enced on  the  great  western  lakes,  but  perfect  comfort,  easy 
i'">tion,  reviving  air,  constant  changes  of  view,  and  most  en- 
chanting scenery.  All  these  make  a  sail  from  Whitehall  to 
liconderoga  more  like  the  motions  of  fairies  wafted  throu-h 
realms  of  beauty,  than  the  oi-dinary  locomotion  of  mortd 
men. 

South  Bay  !8  on  the  west  side  of  the  lake,  about  one  mile 
Irom  Whitehall  Landing ;  and  near  here,  at  a  bend  in  the  lake, 


1 


78 


TOURISTS'  HANDBOOK. 


known  as  the  "  Elbow,"  is  "  Put's  llock,"  where  Major  Putnnm 
with  a  s.null  body  of  men  oi>eiie.l  fire  upon  five  hun.ire.l  In- 
dians  who  were  in  their  canoes  upon  the  hike,  a  few  days  bo- 
fore   Putnam  was  taken   prisoner   at   Fort   Ann.     l-roin   the 
junction  with    F.:.ke    George,  the   pa^sai.e   is   ntill   northward 
throurrh  scenes  of  such  beauty,  that  any  description,  or  attempt 
to  convey  to  the  reader  the  impressions  they  make  upn  the 
beholder,  would  seem  extravagant  to  one  who  has  never  sailed 
on  this  lake.     The  green  hills  of  Vermont,  surmounted  by  the 
lofty  summit  of  Mount  Mansfield,  the  glan.ing  of  the  eu. tains 
of  foliMge  that  overhang  the  precipitous  heights  and  the  jutting 
peaks  of  the  Adirondaeks,  constantly  challenge  the  attention, 
and  add  novelty  to  the   scenery.     At  Tieonderoga  the  bo^.t 
from  WhiUhall  takes  on  board   passengers  bound   north,  who 
have  arrived  from  Lake  George. 

Crown  Point. 

Twelve  miles  north  of  Tieonderoga,  opposite  the  mouth  of 
Bulwa.n'a  Bay,  is  Chimney  Point,  whore  the  French  made  a 
sitMemTnt  in  1731,  the  first  they  made  in  this  neighborhood. 
But  in  a  few  years  the  shock  of  battle  disturbed  their  quiet 
colony  so  much  that  the  settlement  was  abandoned ;  and  the 
colonists  made  their  way  to  the  northern  extremity  of  the  lake. 
Years  afterwards  the  eh'mneys  of  their  abandoned  dwellings, 
remaining  on  the  eastern  shore  long  after  the  houses  them- 
selves had  crumbled  to  dust,  gave  to  the  cape  the  name  ot 
Cliimney  Point.     The  lake  at  this  point  is  but  half  a  mile  wide. 
On  the  west  side,  directly  opposite  Chimney  Point,  is  Crown 
Point,  familiar  as  Tieonderoga  itself,  to  all  interested  m  early 
American  history.     Bulwagga  Bay  runs  in  from  the  lake,  west 
of  Crown  Point.     The  first  fortification  erected  here  by  the 
French  in  1731  was  called  Fort  St.   Frederick,  the  history  of 
which  is  much  the  same  as  that  of  Fort  Tieonderoga;  but  the 
works  are  much  better  preserved. 


Just 
mouth 
seven  1 
(or  .'•hip 
which  I 
north  o 
curiosit 
runs  ou 
of  half 
lind  by 
this  fissi 
feet  wi 
broache 
perfectl 

At  th 
navigati 
five  mil 
north  o 
whii.-h  ri 
some  of 
this  rive 
gave  a  ^ 
'luins,  ai 
Indians, 
memora 
Burke,  ; 
stiitesme 
war. 

After 
east  side 
house  01 
i^hipping 


OK. 

whoro  Major  Putnnm 
pon  five  hnniired  In- 

hike,  a  few  days  bo- 
ort  Ann.  From  tlie 
.e  is  Htill  northwanl 
[lescription,  or  nttenipt 

thi'y  inaki-  upn  the 
>  who  has  never  sailed 
)nt,  ^urlnounted  hy  the 
nncing  of  tlie  cui  tains 
lieit;hls  and  the  jutting 
lallengc  the  attention, 
Tieonderoga  the  boat 
era  bound   north,  who 


opposite  the  mouth  of 
e  the  French  made  a 
in  this  neighborliood. 
e  disturbed  tlieir  quiet 
8  abandoned ;  and   the 
n  extremity  of  the  laite. 
r  abandoned  dwelUngs, 
after  the  houses  tliem- 
the  cape  tlie  name  of 
t  is  but  half  a  mile  wide, 
imney  Point,  is  Crown 
)  all  interested  in  early 
3  in  from  the  lake,  west 
on  erected  here  by  the 
Frederick,  the  history  of 
■t  Ticonderoga;  but  the 


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79 


Objeoti  of  Interait. 

Just  above  WcBlport,  on  the  east  side  of  the  lake,  is  the 
mouth  of  Otter  Cre.k,  on  which  Vert'-ines,  Vt.,  is  situated, 
seven  mih's  from  its  mouth.  This  town  lias  special  adviintag.s 
(I.r  shipbuilding;  and  hire  the  flolilla  was  built  and  e<iuipp"d, 
which  captured  the  Hritish  (leet  at  Plattsburg.  Tliirty  miles 
north  of  Crown  IVint,  on  the  west  of  the  lake,  is  a  geological 
curiosity  known  as  .Split  Kock.  Near  the  light-house  a  point 
runs  out  into  the  lake,  at  the  end  of  which  there  is  an  island 
of  half  an  acre  or  more  in  extent,  sejiarated  from  the  main 
lind  by  a  fissure  fifteen  feet  wiJ,-.  TI.e  water  flows  through 
this  fissure;  and  in  it  soundings  liave  lieen  made  five  humlred 
feet  witho'it  finding  bottom.  Several  theories  have  been 
broached  to  account  for  this  formation  ;  but  none  of  them  are 
perfectly  conclusive. 

At  this  point  the  lake  grows  wider,  giving  greater  room  for 
navigation  ;  and  eight  or  ten  miles  almve  Spiit  Hock  the  lake  is 
five  miles  wi  le.  At  the  town  of  Willsborough,  eight  miles 
north  of  Sjilit  Rock,  is  the  mouth  of  Boquet  lliver,  a  stream 
which  rises  in  the  Adirondack  Mountains,  and  is  the  outlet  of 
some  of  the  most  attractive  ponds  found  in  that  range.  On 
this  river,  Uio  ndles  from  the  mouth,  Hurgoyne  encamped,  and 
gave  a  war  feast  to  about  four  hundred  Indians,  Iroquois,  Algon- 
cinins,  and  Ottawa  savages.  Here  he  made  the  speech  to'tlie 
Indians,  given  in  vol.  ix.  of  Bancroft's  History,  —  a  speech 
memorable  as  calling  out  the  severe  condemnation  of  Edmund 
Burke,  and  a  remonstrance  from  some  of  the  ablest  British 
statesmen  against  emptying  savages  as  the  allies  of  Britons  in 
war. 

The  City  of  Burlington. 
After  passing  Willsborough,  Burlington  soon  appears,  on  the 
east  side  of  the  lake,  at  the  head  of  Burlington  Bay.     A  light- 
house on  Juniper  Island,  and  a  breakwater  that  protects  the 
shipping  in  the  harbor,  are  the  objects  that  are  passed  in  ap- 


IX  wir( 

A  8t<1 

From  tl 
and  the 
field  (fo 
lies  ttre 
Hump  ( 
same  di 
tained  a 


!i    ' 


tsad^'Jf 


'tr^f^ 


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TOVniSTS'   IIANltUOOK. 


81 


proacl.in;;  Hie  lan.liiig.  At  Bnrlin;?ton  the  Kronn.l  8ln|)es  up 
from  thf  like,  an.l  at  the  distancu  of  a  uiile  ruv»  i(,  the  li..i^rlit 
of  three  h.ii.dr.d  and  suvo.ity  feet.  At  thu  ^iiiinait  ..f  this  iis- 
cent  arc  (he  building.,  of  th.)  Uiiivergity  of  Vermont.  A 
line  panorama  ix  presented  from  the  (bmo  of  ilie  main  hnii.linj; 
of  the  university,  Lake  Cham|)lain,  ihe  mountains  of  Vermont, 
and  the  Adircmdacks  bein^  in  si^rht,  and  ovo-  Mxtv  mountain 
pi-aks  distinctly  visible.  Heautlfid  drives  utretch  away  in 
every  direction;  and  tl,e  billowy  muunt.iin  ridi,'es,  swi.llin.^' into 
countless  pointed  waves,  an  1  Hcojprd  into  deep  hollows,  aCound 
on  e-ary  side.  Here  i*  tl-e  (Jroen  Mountain  Cemetery,  where 
Ethan  Allen  was  buried.  His  prave  is  marked  by  a  granite 
foundation  suj.portiiig  a  plain  marble  slab  which  buais  tids 
inscription  :  — 

TRa 

COKPOUKAL   VWVV 

or 
GEXERAL  ETHAN  ALLEN 

RE3T9    BENKATII   TItl.S    STONK. 
TUB    12TH   DAY   OI-'  FKUUaAUY,   17^y, 

aop:d  m  yea  IIS, 

"IS    SPIUIT    TUIKD   TIIK    MKKI'IE.S    OK    III.S    GOD, 
IX    \V.rroM    ALO.VK    UK    HELIEVKD   AXD    STIIONOLV   TKUHTED. 

A  Statue  of  Allen  was  July  4,  1873,  placed  above  the  grave. 
From  this  cemetery  the  Winoo^ki  or  Onion  River  may  be  seen, 
and  the  roar  of  its  cascades  distinctly  heard.  .Mount  Mans- 
field (four  thousand  two  hundred  and  seventy-nine  feet  hi  di), 
lies  twenty  miles  to  the  north-east  of  Burlington ;  an.l  Cara'cl's 
Hump  (four  thousand  one  hundred  and  eightv-threc  feet),  the 
same  distance  to  the  south-east.  Conveyances  may  be'  ob- 
tained at  Burlington  for  both  these  mountains.     Ili.rh  Bridae, 

0  1^  6    > 


83 


TovHiars'  iiAnnBOOK. 


Howar.!'*  Si.M.ii.U,  nnU  IV nt  K«vk  Inititute  nn-  ihc  pli.rf*  'f 
inlcieH  wliicli  all  traviJU-rh  who  can  ^l.Bl•e  tliu  lime  wniit  '  > 
HIM-.  For  tl.is  puiiHce  inuny  Ht.)|.  cv.t  niK'I't.  nn.l  ^'t•t  n  tt-w  lioui  ■♦ 
in  lUe  luornins^  to  ilrive  aljout  lh«  .  ity  iiimI  tlm  !iii1)miIh.  Kx- 
Ofllt-nt  acroiniiv.<lati.)rM  for  Kii<'i.U  arc  fouml  i>t  ti.e  AmrrMai. 
Ilotfl,  mi»..i»,'.ul  i.y  A.  .1.  Crnno.  Tlii^  l^  tlm  lar-f<  ftn.l  I)  nt 
l.x-ate.l   hotel  In  the  cliy.  an-l  i:»  mi  cxitUent   and  w.U  kept 

lioiige. 

Lcavin-  Hutlin-ton  Ilarlx.r,  to  rroBS  the  lake  to  1  l«tl»l)ur(r, 
the  boat  pa  KcHour  mnrl  ixlinds  wl.i.-li  are  »wn  ....  tha  I  ff. 

nn.l  known  m  il.e  I'-nr  Mroth'Ti.     'I'lu-y  are  sev.n  n.ih-*  Ir.n 
Murlin^ton,  n>ii.kin;,'  lu-a.ly  ih.-  p)liits  of  (JoinpaM.    These  wen. 
nniiiea  l.y  the  Freneh,  Un  ,/«  f<|u  i'>v  IVm/...     A  p-  ml  .  f  haie 
r..(k,  twenly-r.ve    leet   hi^h.  rising   ;i'.r..ptly  from  (he   wa  rr. 
„,.Mr  !vt  han.1.  i»  eaile.l  K-xk  TlnuHler.     It  i»  a  curiou.  ol,)eet, 
nn.l  i^  s<ai.l  to  have  exeite.l  the  Kunpieions  of  one  of  the  Hnt.^h 
rommHn.Ie,H  so  in.ieh,  in  (!..■  *v -r  of  IHIJ,  th.U  he  ope-icl  tuc 
upon  it,  thinking  it  .night  b.  some  .h-a<lly  en-.ne  of  war.      As 
the  boat  p;,SMS  out  into  the  n.i.hUe  of  the  lake,  the  view  ..f  the 
CBteni  «ho.e  heco......  truly  Kr.>".l.     A  view  of  U..rr,„j.,on  .. 

pn  sentcd.    'J  he  eity  it  eo  abundantly  orname.ited  with  »l.ii.l.- 
tnes,  that  it  ban  the  apieara.ice  almost  of  a  (ity  Imilt  m  a 
for.gt      Th.t  surface  of  the  water  on  all  hhh  s  is  broken  by  is- 
land.-, peninsuUn,  ami  headlands.     'Ilio  o..tline  of  the   (i.een 
Mountains  completes  .he  ba.-kj;rnun.l.  wi.h  Lion  M  unta.n  co„. 
M.icuo«8  i..  front.     Mount    IVembleau  i.  »een  on  the  wentern 
bUo.c,  ibrmi..};  a  gracefid  pn,a.ontory ;   an.l  the  peaks   e    the 
Adiromla.ks  join  toccmplete  the  pi.  ture.     South  Nero  . 
ri.dit  ahead  ;  and  pa-ssin-  west  of  this  islan.l  Valcon  Island  ap- 
prars  upon  (he  left.    Just  south  of  Valcon  Islnn.l  was  the  fi.n 
naval  ennageiront  of  the   lUvolutionary  war,  on  the    lltl.ol 
October,  1776,  between  the   American   fleet    conmia:ulc.l   by 
r,enedict    Ainol.l,    and    the    British    under    <Jov.    Carhton 
and    Capt.  I'rirgle.     North   of  Valcon  Island,  just  at  the  en- 
trance of  Plattsburg   Bay,  is  Battery  Island,  known   also  as 


Cn.b 

Amer 
Hay  i( 
or  rat 
riinnit 
the  li 
Piatlsl 


IK. 

nlp  nri'  I  he  \ihct»  (( 
10  till!  liiiii;  wniit  I  ' 
t,  nml  j;ft  »  tfw  hours 
I  till!  mibiirh-i.  K\- 
md  Ht  the  Ainmiini 
till)  l!ir;;e*t  and  bent 
client    anil  wi  II  kfpt 

u'  lake  to  I'liitlitlMirp, 
^le  goi'u  im  thtt  I  ft , 
nri!  seven  iiiili'i*  IV in 
oinpnm.    Tlu-xi-  wrni 
/(/,•(.     A  [)'  iiii  I  f  l>aie 
jilly  Ironi  tin,'   wu  rr, 
It  is  a  curious  obji'i't, 
of  one  of  the  Hriti^i 
:,  lliul  lit"  ()|ieiii)'l  tiio 
y  on^^iiii!  of  war.      Am 
!  lako,  the  \ifwof  ilic 
view  of  Uiirrnijj;ii>ii  '\* 
iiami'iiteil  with  »liiult'- 
t  of  a  <  ity  Imilt  in  a 

hiili  8  is  brolii-n  by  is- 
iMitUnu  of  till!  (Wein 
h  Lion  M  uiitain  con- 

Bi'i-n  on  llie  western 
anil  tlie  peak^   e*"  tlie 
I.     South  Nero  i' 
and  Vulcon  Island  ap- 
on  Island  was  the  fiist 
y  war,  on  the    Htli  of 
fleet    coninia;i(lcd   by 
inder    (lov.    Carhton 
Island,  just  at  the  m- 
[sland,  known   also  as 


TovinsTs  •  iiAShimoK-. 


83 


trl,  Manii,  on  which  a  small  ba.t.ry  w„,  po.(„d  by  ,ho 
Anu.ricans  i inn„«  the  naval  cnKftKcment  in  1M14.  l.|att,h„r. 
Itay  m  bounded  by  the  «.,  inland  on  the  west,  and  on  the  east 
or  ra.h.r  nortU-ea.t.  by  C,unlH..,ht„d  Head,  a  point  of  la„d 
rnnn,n,^  far  o,u.  „  irh  a  li,h,-hou.o  at  the  end  of  it.  Leaving 
«^|c  l,;-ht-hou.so  behind,  .he  boat  N  „.,,„  at  ih.  I,„,ili,„.  h 
1  laHsbiirir,  "^ 


.^<Mi. 


CHAPTER    VI. 
Plattsburg  and  its  FamouB  Battle. 

t'-  HIS   town,   the    mnst  important  on   tlu   lake 
north  of  Burliniitoii,  is  situated  on  both  sides  of 
the  Srtvanac  River,  at  its  niou  .L.     The  place  is 
chiefly  nifmorable  in  our  history  as  the  fccne 
of  the  famous  battle  fought  here  in  September, 
1814      Lalce    Champlain   and   Lake    George 
STe'n  looked  upon  by  the  British  as  .he  most  favon,|)le 
route,  for  the  invasion  of  the  Slates,  both  in  the  Revolution 
and  in  the  war  of  1812.     In  the  year  18U  preparations  were 
Lade  to  struggle  for  the  control  of  the  lake  on  both  sules. 
There  was  the  greatest  .lespatch  in  getting  vessels  ready  for 
,l..fenee.    "  The  Saratoga,"  which  carried  twenty-s,x  guns,  being 
the  '.arLH^t  Amerie  .n  vessel  on  the  lake,  was  built  ..t  Vergenm  s, 
and  launched  on  the  twentieth  day  after  the  first  tree  m  her 
Lme  wae  brought  from  ,he  forest.     By  the  1st  of  September, 
1314  the  Biitish  ha.l  finished  their  preparations.    With  a  pow- 
erful'rteet,  and  an  army  of  more  than  twelve  thousand  men, 
thev  mi"lit  well  expect  to  overwhelm  by  sheer  force  of  numler.-. 
Capt.  McDonough,    the  commander    of  the  American   fleet 
anchored  in   Tlattsburg   Bay  on   the   3d  of  September,  and 
waited  for  the  fleet  of  the  enemy      On  the  morning  ot  Sept. 
84 


m^* 


I  1 ,  SO 

tVo.n 
f  )r  ac 
land  I 
iwsitif 
was  sr 
Tlie  { 
done. 
van(ju 
States 
the  Hi 
Standi 


a   com 

Wand, 

The  si 

identifi 

Fou(| 

and  ha 

Xo  per 

have  be 

a  parad 

or  conii 

cool,  fra 

in  the 

From  I 

fiom  th 

terest  in 

fo   the  1 

family  c 

keeping, 

and  i)ro\ 

on  the  si 

the  pres( 


Battle. 

jortant  on  tlu  lake 
latedon  botli  sules  of 
mou,L.  The  place  13 
r  history  as  the  fcene 
bt  here  in  September, 
I  and  Lake  George 
as  the  most  {avoni|)le 
ith  in  the  lluvoliition 
Mi  preparations  were 
e  lake  on  both  sides, 
tting  vessels  ready  for 

twenty-six  guns,  being 
vas  built  sM  Vergennts, 
ter  the  first  tree  in  her 
the  l8t  of  September, 
arations.    With  a  pow- 

twelve  thousand  men, 
sheer  force  of  numler.-. 
(f  the  American   fleet, 

3d  of  September,  and 
n  the  morning  ot  Sept. 


TOUIllSrs  •    IIASDIIUVK. 


85 


11,  soon  after  sunrise,  the  British  fleet  was  seen  coming  down 
non  t].e  north;  and  Capt.  MeDonough  made  full  preparation 

or  a.tion  The  hostile  ships  came  on,  swung  round  Cumber- 
land Head,  on  which  the  lighthouse  now  stands,  took  up  their 
position  carefully,  and  the  desperate  fight  began.  The  water 
was  smooth,  the  weather  fine  ;  the  ships  were  within  easv  range. 
The  guns  w.re  carefully  uin.ed ;  and  fearful  execution  was 
done.  In  three  hours  the  Hritish  squadron  was  completely 
va...iu.s  e,l;  and  no  further  effort  was  made  to  invade  the 
8la.;s_f,.om  that  quarter.  A  land  attack  was  planned  bv 
tne  Hni.sh,  but  was  not  pushed  after  the  defeat  on  the  lake, 
standing  on  the  piazza  of 

Fonquet'g  Hotel. 

a   complete   view   is   obtained   of    Cumberland    Head,    Cral> 

Wand,  and  all   the  points  connected  with  this  great  victory. 

The  s,tes  of  three   forts,  Scott,  More.au,  and   Brown,  can  be 
identrfied  just  south  of  the  Saranac  lliver 

Fomp,et;s  Hotel  is  Me  feature. /,«,•  .^c«//e„c.,  of  Plattsbur.., 
aiui  has^riven  U  more  celebrity  th.n  any  other  one  featu,:. 
Ao  person  v.s.tmg  the  Adirondacks -which  in  recent  years 
have  become  no  less  a  fashionable  re.ort  than  a  sanitariun.  and 
a  paradise  for  the  sportsman  _  fails  to  stop  at  Fou,,uet's  goin<. 
or  commg,  to  test  the  wonders  of  its  cuisine,  the  lu.xury  of  itl 

00    fragrant  bedrooms  and  sleeo-wooing  beds,  and  to  revel 
in  the  balmy  enchantments  of  its    delightful   flower-garden. 

f^ZtbTn^^'    ^'''"^'"'''"^'^  ^^"  be  had  on  application, 

bom  the  stables,  .,uht-seers  are  conveyed  to  all  poiits  of  in- 

cre-st  .n  and  about  Plattsburg.     This  house  has  been  known 

>o    he  travelling  public  for  more   than  seventv  years.     The 

keeping,  having  an  appreciative  sen.<e  of  what  travellers  want 
and  providing  accordingly.  I„  J,.ne,  18G4,  the  house  .tandlnJ 
on  the  site  of  the  pre.sent  beautiful  structure  was  burned;  and 
the  present  hotel  was  erected  a  vear  or  two  later 


-^S-^=?aSTi^-*WSfi  ■  - 


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o. 


i 


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Tounrsrs'  handbook. 


87 


1 


Tlie  grouriils  and  fragrant  flower  {jarden  alTord  a  most  agi-ee- 
al.le  r.troat.  'ITie  broad  piazzas  on  two  sides  of  the  Louse, 
and  tlie  piomcnade  upoa  tlie  roof,  give  a  wide  \\^n  of  the 
like,  Lattle-jiroiind,  the  scene  of  the  naval  en;ra  ement,  tl.e 
vilhge,  the  surrounding  country,  and  the  mountains  on  every 
side.  The  house  by  its  beautifal  and  spacious  sromids  fur- 
nishes safe  and  pleasant  accommodations  for  ladies  and  children 
tiirough  the  summer.  Tliere  are  large  bri.k  stables  on  the 
grounds,  intended  for  the  accommodation  of  j.'iiests  who  brin^' 
their  own  horses  and  carriages,  »»  well  as  to  furnish  teams  for 
li  l(^s  and  excursions. 

Tiiere  are  several  deli-htful  excursions  which  may  be  made 
from  PlatMmrg  l)efore  starting  out  into  the  wilderness  for  a 
long  tour,  if  one  has  time  for  them.  One  ofthese  is  to  the  town 
of  Dannemora,  sixteen  miles  north-west  of  Plattsburg.  in  which 
is  situated  the  Clinton  Prison,  as  it  is  called.  Here  is  an 
elevation  1700  feet  high ;  but  the  ascent  is  so  gradual  that  in 
riding  up  from  Plattsburg  it  is  scarcely  observed  to  rise  at  all. 
This  is  visite.l  chiefly  for  the  beautiful  vi>w  that  is  allbrderl  of 
tl.e  surrounding  country,  — the  Green  Moun'ains  in  tl.e  east, 
Ldce  Champlain  stretching  to  the  southiast,  the  winding 
course  of  the  Saranac  to  the  south,  and  the  high  Adirondack 
peaks  to  the  westward. 

Five  miles  beyond  in  the  town  of  D.mnemora  is  Chazy 
L  ike,  a  little  gem,  set  in  the  most  picturesque  and  beautiful 
si.nounding.  This  lake  is  about  four  miles  long  by  two  wide, 
and  is  a  favoi-ite  resort  of  the  sportsman,  as  well  as  the  ad- 
m.i-er  of  natural  scenery.  This  lake  is  nowhere  surpasse.l  as 
a  place  for  fishing.  Ti-out  weighing  twentv  pounds  h  ive  been 
taken  from  it.  The  road  t.  the  lake  was  built  with  great  ca.-e, 
at  the  expense  of  the  State,  and  is  in  good  condition.  Near 
Chazy  Lake  stands  Lion  iMjiintain,  sometimes  called  on  the 
maps  Lynn  Mountain;  Bradley  Pond  is  t^o  miles  west  of 
Chazy  Lake;  and  west  of  this  Ihe.^e  is  a  path  running  three 
n.les  farther  to  the  Upper  Chateaugay  Lake.     West^of  the 


Upp  r  I 

half  a  r 
to  Chat 
north-w 
wool  is  ( 
Thl80  p 

Ijiirg. 
a  kind  c 


On  I 

from  Pi 

Adirond 

Kent,  ni 

riattsbu 

of  the  d 

chasm  is 

l>i'  visitK 

kind.    1 

p'aco ;  0 

a  carriaj 

Plattsbur 

as  Peru, 

Keiisville 

mik'S.     1 

sonit;  con 

deep  la^t 

earthqiial 

Near  I\ 

to  the  hei 

valley,  pj 

till  It  roa 

i Hirsts  intc 

pier  rc'Stii 


TOURISTS'   IIASDBOOK. 


SO 


I  pp  r  Clinteaugay  Lake  is  Rngped  Lake,  ^ix  miles  long  and 
h..ir  a  mile  Hide.  Tlie.e  iire  t;ood  paths  from  Uagi^e.]  Lai?c 
to  Cl.atuaufray  Lake,  and  also  to  Incrrai.ams  Pond,"two  mJI.-s 
north-west.  Carriages  can  proceed  to  Chazy ;  and  the  noith.iti 
woods  can  l,e  penetrated  in  any  direction  from  that  point. 
I'liise  places  may  well  be  tiiken  in  an  e.xeiir^ion  from  I'latts- 
iMirg.  Another  favorite  point  often  visited  from  Plattsburg,  as 
a  kind  of  side  attraction,  is  the  world-renowned 

An  Sable  Chasm. 

On  the  west  side  of  Lake   Chnmplain,  about  twelve  miles 
from  Plattsburg,  tlie  Au  Sable  River  coinin;-  down  from  the 
Adn-ondack  Mountains,  finds  iis  way  down  to  the  lake.     Port 
Kent,  near  the  mouth  of  the  river,  is  only  fifteen  miles  from 
Plattsburg,  and  three  miles  from  the  chasm,     .fust  at  the  hea.i 
of  the  deep  defile  the  plank-rnad  crosses  the  river,  so  that  the 
chasm  is  easy  of  aeeess  throughout  its  whole  extent,  and  m,ay 
be  vLsitcd  easily  by  ladles  without  fatigue  or  annoyance  of  any 
kind.     There  are  several  convenient  lines  of  approach  to  the 
p'ace  ;  one  may  cross  the  lake  by  boat  from  Burlington,  or  take 
a  carriage  road  of  two  miles  from  Plattsburg.  or  ••onie  from 
Plattsburg  over  the  Whitehall  and  Plattsbur^r  Kaihoad  as  fir 
as  Peru,  and  then  get  conveyance  in  carriages  by  the  way  of 
Keesville  to  iho  chasm,  a  distance  of  not  more  than  seven 
miles.     The  rushing  torrent  of  the  Au  Sable,  aided  perhaps  by 
some  convulsion  of  nature,  has  formed  a  channel   through  the 
deep  layers  of  sandstone,  which  looks  as  if  rent  asunder  by  an 
earthquake,  or  furrowed  by  some  giant's  plough. 

Near  Keesville  the  bank's  rise  above  the  river  on  each  side 
to  the  height  of  fifty  feet ;  then  the  river  glides  along  a  low 
valley,  p<3,irs  over  a  precipice,  and  surges  away  on  a  rockv  bed 
till  It  readies  the  village  of  Birmingham,  when  it  suddenly 
bursts  into  a  dark  chasm  sixty  feet  deep.  A  bridge,  with  one 
pier  resting  upon  a  rock  that  divides  the  sti earn,  crosses  the 


90 


TOURISTS'   HANDBOOK. 


rlxer  at  the  head  of  this  cataract;  below  tliis  brld^io  Uic  wall 
rises  on  each  side  to  tlio  lu'ii,'ht  of  from  seventy-five  lo  one 
hiiiidrcil  and  fifty  fe>!t,  and  in  places  even  hif^hei-  th  in  thi.^. 
The  width  in  a  few  places  is  more  than  thirty  f>et,  and  at 
several  points  not  mo-e  than  cij?ht  or  tin  f-et.  Deep  rents 
penetrate  at  rifrht  nn^le'*  into  th.i  lu,,'h  hanks,  throui,'h   one  of 


AU   HAULE    C/IAHM. 

which  clefts  the  river-bed  is  reached  by  a  stairway  of  two 
hundred  and  twelve  steps.  The  hanks  are  composed  of  sand- 
stone laid  so  regularly  as  to  prodnce  much  the  effect  of  an 
artificial  wall.  Cedars  and  pines  strike  their  roots  into  the 
crevices  of  the  rock,  and  reach  their  branches  over  the  dt  pths 
of  the  gorge. 


1871,  pri> 
of  natur 

"A  ri 
precinctw 
its  porta 
stocks,  wi 
ojicncd  n 
that  the  f 
reached 
Sable  Ch 
rariia  aboi 


"  The  f 

side  of  wl 

amber  sh« 

cataract  tl 

spray.     Fi 

level  adani 

of  an  imni 

on  eitiier  s 

were  in  th( 

the  middle 

end  to  end, 

si<le  of  th( 

torrent   bw 

usual  level 

polishing  il 

army  of  sto 

and  is  still 

walls  bear  t 


liis  brl(l;:o  Uip  wall 
seventy-five  lo  one 
II  lii>;hci-  th  in  this, 
tliiity  fiet,  and  at 
fVet.  Deep  rents 
ks,  thi'oui'h   one  of 


f  a  stairw.iy  of  two 
8  composed  of  saml- 
loh  the  effect  of  an 
their  roots  into  tlie 
iches  over  the  dt  pths 


TOURISTS'  n.ixnnooK. 
A  Graphic  Description. 


91 


A  {irai.hic  and  readable  arti.le  in  "  Seiil.ner'.s  "  H.r  .Tune 
11S<I,  Kive,  the  (bllowing  descriptions  of  a  vi-it  to  this  wonder 
of  nature  :  — 

"  A  rido  of  one  mile  (from  Ivetsvi  I,.)  l,roiif:lit  ns  to  the 
precinctH  of  Au  Sable  Chasm,  and  the  ru8ti(!  lod-e  which  t;u;.rds 
Its  portal.  Enteiin^r  it,  and  arming  our.elv..s  with  alpen- 
stocks, we  were  shown  throu-h  to  the  op,,„,,ite  door,  which 
opened  upon  a  slairway  leiidini,'  down  the  cliff,  and  informed 
that  the  freedom  of  tlie  chasm  w.is  ours.  .  .  .  The  moment  wo 
reached  the  bottom.  Birmia^diam  Falls,  the  Niagara  of  Au 
Sable  Chism,  an.l  a  cliarmin-  pivlude  to  the  grander  pano- 
rama about  to  be  unfolded,  flashed  ujKjn  our  sight. 

Birmingham  Falls. 

"  The  falls  are  twins,  separat^^d  by  a  rocky  tower,  on  either 
side  of  which  the  massive  current  pours  down  the  abvf.s  an 
amber  sheet  of  water.     Just  as  we  nearcd  the  base  of  the 
cataract  the  sun  painte.l  a  prismatic  arc  upon  the  up-leaping 
spra,y.     From  tiiis  point  the  tour  began.     \Ve  stood  upon  the 
level  adamantine  .hore  of  the  Au  Sable  River,  near  the  centre 
of  an  immense  ampl-itheatre,  with  lolty  vertical  walls  of  rock 
on  eitiier  side,  and  a  rocky  pavement  beneath  our  feet.     We 
were  m  the  bowels  of  the  earth,  in  a  natural  canal,  threaded  in 
the  middle  only  by  a  stream  which  careered  through  it  from 
emi  to  end,  no  particle  of  soil  adhering  to  eiiher  the' bottom  or 
side  of  the  g,.rge.      Every  spring   and  autumn  the  swollen 
torrent   sweeps  through   it,  often  rising  fifty  feet   above  the 
usua    level,  carrying   every  thing   movable  in    its   path,  and 
pohshmg  the  floor  and  walls  of  the  chasm  as  thorou-hiy  as  an 
anny  of  stone-masons  could   .\o  it.     Nature  w:,s  tlTe  builder, 
and  .8  stdl  the  janitri..  of  Au  S  ible  Chasm.     Its  Cyclopean 
walls  bear  the  impress  of  her  aahitcctural  skill ;  she  laid  ihe 


02 


TOUItlSTS'   IlAXTjnOOK. 


tcMellatfd  door  with  variegated  stones ;  she  dusts  it  wii'.  tlw' 
wind,  wftters  it  with  the  rain,  and  cleans  house  always  twiie  a 
year  in  good  orthodox  stjlf,  and  woe  be  to  him  «ho  has  the 
temerity  to  lin^'er  within  doors  en  either  of  these  grand  oeea- 
sions!  .  .  .  Tiirninfi  a  sharp  an;j;le  at  this  point,  we  were  face 
to  face  with  a  tralaxy  of  wonders.     Foremost  was  the   battle 


BtllMISOnA.U  FALLS. 

of  the  waters,  waged  between  the  rival  cascades,  the  Devil 
presumably  viewing  it  from  his  Oven  opposite,  and  Jacob  from 
his  Ladder,  —  we  together  forming  a  mixed  throng  of  beholders. 
The  ceaseless  conllict  of  those  watery  foes,  every  wave-crest 


^ 


TovnisTs'  UAsnnooK. 


93 


duBts  it  wil'.  th.' 
iu.»c  always  twico  ;i 
;o  him  \\ho  has  the 

du'so  grand  occa- 
(diiit,  wo  wi're  I'licc 
0!<t  was  tlic  baltlf 


cascades,  the  Uevil 
•site,  and  Jacob  from 
I  throng  of  beholders, 
es,  every  wave-crest 


1  icing  a  tongue  and  having  a  voire,  I  never  can  fbrget.  One 
(if  our  married  lailica  took  a  domestic  view  of  it,  and  termed 
it  a  dancing  ealdron  ;  while  the  otlier  saw  in  the  spray  sparkle 
a  setting  of  diamonds. 

Jacob's  Ladder,  and  the  Devil's  Oven. 

"  The  scene,  looking  up  the  current  from  the  foot  of  ♦he 
Ladder,  is  inexpressibly  lovely,  wl  ile  that  below,  where  .ho 
gorge  contracts,  and  assumes  the  appearance  <if  embattled  ram- 
parts, the  ono  side  almost  touching  the  other,  is  akin  to  the 
sublime.  Jacob's  Ladder  scales  the  iieiglita  on  the  middle  lino 
between  the  two,  and  is  well  named,  since  it  can  on'y  he 
climbed  in  one's  dreams;  while  the  Devil's  Oven  is  a  deep, 
dark  hole,  just  like  many  another  named  for  him  the  world 
over.  Why  is  it  that  tlio.''e  who  father  th(!se  chasnis  and  glens 
cannot  name  their  offsiiring  with  some  regard  to  originality  as 
well  as  propriety  'i  Go  where  he  will,  the  traveller  is  met  by  the 
siine  stale  nomenclature.  ...  A  rustic  bridge  spaiis  tiie  river 
opposite  the  Devil's  Oven.  Crossing  by  it,  we  scaled  the  lieights 
beyond  by  an  airy  stairway.  l'roci!eding  along  the  cliH",  we 
speedily  came  to  a  descemling  (light  of  steps,  where  we  were 
all  charmed  into  a  ei'enee  which  was  only  broken  by  exclama- 
tions of  surprise  and  wonder.  Tlie  reauh  of  view  is  stupen- 
dous, both  in  len;jth  and  depth. 

The  Flttme, 

"  Through  a  gigantic  buttressed  aisle,  for  nearly  a  thousand 
feet  the  flow  of  water  is  as  straight  as  an  arrow,  moving  with 
such  depth  and  calmness  that  its  liquid  pavement  wears  the 
similitude  of  solid  glass.  The  towering  walls,  with  their  f.'ug- 
meptary  ee"  jCS  all  watei^worn,  exhibit  plaiidy  the  action  of 
freshet  and  flood.  From  no  point  is  the  view  gr>\nder  than 
from  the  summit  of  this  stairway.  Cedars  and  pines  brood 
o\er    the  gorge,  overspreading   its  gulf   with    an  evergreen 


rilK  FLUME  FltOM  TABLE  ROCK. 


m 


SOCK. 


TOURISTS'    ll.lSnilOOK. 


95 


cuiopy,  He!ow,  to  thu  lo.ir  of  llie  itaim,  otnbosonicd  In  .i 
vft.t  rooky  (issiiro,  miimmlj,.re.l  f.Ti.i  uns  yDiijh-d,  •■arpctin^ 
th.i  favo  Willi  tlu.ir  .1.  li.a'.-  fVondg,  and  com,.:  'mij,'  ihh  bow.r 
(  r  Km  ii.ry.  If  the  fairios  ham.t  thi.i  dell,  tliH  n.  .k  mii-t  Ins 
ihiMr  prCH'n.  c-chnn.hcr.  .Movin;;  Ironi  tlu>  nicNantci  spot,  tlio 
vict.i  to  tilt!  I  i},'ht  is  as  singidai'ly  picinnss.iuo. 

Tho  Devil's  Punoh-bowl.* 
"  On  ii  Icil.'(!  l.e!ow,  not  apci-Miblo  to  man,  but  readily  »o  to 
tlie  Prince  of  Darkness,  is  ihr  Devil's  I'un.h.bowl.     The  story 
^'oes    that  Satan,  after  eookini,'  his  dai  y  meal   in    the  Oven. 
resorts  to  tlio  I'uueh-botvl  to  in  iimirate  his  mulidj^ht  debauch. 
To  us  the  basin  seemed  to  hoM  only  peMueid  wat.r.     ]f  any 
other  licjuoris  brewed  in   it,  it  is  done   so  niysleriously  as  t) 
leave    no  aftoi-trace.  .  .  .    To   adcfpiately   drseribe    ail    the 
fcaks  of  Nature  here,  would  r.^quire  a  bo)k  rather  than  th.? 
l»ri.i  coaipass  of  a  m.iKazino  article;  and  we  must  hurrv  on, 
merely  namiuf  Mystic  Corj-e,  a  .leep  Literal  f.-sure  extendii^t,' 
on  both  sides  of  the  riv.r;  Cape  Kternity.  a  beetling  promon- 
tory on    the   ,Mde   oppaalo   to  the  sp.etatcr;    Hyde's   Cave, 
another  riit  in  the  ro(  ks,  formin;:  a  double  cave  ;  Castle  Ilork  ;' 
I'arpeinn  Cillf;  and  DiuiJ  llork." 


J 


T 


CHAPTER   VII. 

The  Adlrondkok  Region. 

I  mS  ri-nowniMl  region  Idconvonli-ntly  reached  from 
I'lftttslHir;,'  by  scv.Tal  routes.  'I'Ik-  inonnUird 
..xeiul  fn.n/th.'  north-east  lomcr  of  N.'w-York 
St^tc,  in  a  soull.  goiith-weslorly  aireclion,  occu- 
pyin-  i.ortion.  of  Clinton,  Ewex,  Fiiuililin,  and 

The  ranL'o  fnul^  it.  preatest  ekvat.ona  .n  the  wost-rn  part  of 
"s.ex  County,  which  .ontainn  the  highent  p.nk«  of  tin-  Norti.- 
c,n    AppalaoLian    Chain,   Mt.    Wa.hinKtou    alone    excepte.l. 
Tl.ere  is  a  platean  running  north  and  south  one  l.un-  red  and 
fifty  miles,  and  east  and  west  one  hundred  miles,  ti.e  height  „t 
which  i.  about  two  thousand  feet  above  the  level  ol  the  sc.a. 
From  this  plateau  the  mountains  rise  in  ranf-es,  lormed,  for 
the  most  part,  of  granite  rocks.     They  thercf.,ro  do  not  have 
the  re.n.larity  of  outline  that  is  found  in  straffied  formations. 
Thep^-aks  are  conical  in  form;  the  slopes  of  the  mountam 
li.les  are  abrupt,  the  scenery  more  wild  and  grand  than  u 
found  among  the  mountains  of  the  sedimentary  rocks;  and 
the  valleys  take   their  shape  somewhat  from  the  mountains 
about  Ih.uj.      The  system  of  mountain  ranges  and   valleys 
may  be  readily  traced  by  observing  the  course  of  the  nver» 
tha  have  their  source  in   the  mountain  region :  the   Boreas, 
the  Hudson,  and  the  Cedar  Hirers,  which,  farther  south,  unite 
on 


r?^^i 


T 


nicntly  reiichtMl  from 
■s.  'I'lu'  iiionntiiins 
corner  of  Ni'w-York 
Icrly  ilircctidii,  occii- 
Kdsex,  Frnnkliii,  ami 

II  tlif  wostt-rn  i)art  of 
,  pciikg  of  tilt'  North- 
on    iiloiiu    excepted, 
th  one  liumlred  iuiJ 
1  miles,  tlio  hiij,'ht  of 
the  level  of  the  sea. 
n  ranixes,  Ibniicil,  for 
lereforc  do  not  have 
stratified  formations. 
)pe8  of  the  mountain 
d  and  grand  than  u 
limentary  rocks;  and 
,  from  the  mountains 
a  ranges  and   valleys 
1  course  of  the  rivers 
1  region :  the   IJoreas, 
:h,  farther  south,  unite 


r*rt  ffnwfttftn. 


»r  «  «*rt  M  <^  yt  »* 


ichcd  froM 
mountaini 
Ni'w-York 
tion,  occu* 
iTiklin,  and 

cm  part  of 
the  Korth- 

fxcepted. 
ml  red  and 
•  height  oSfj 
of  the    je 
tbriai8<l,*fM' 
)  net  h8T« 
Ibrmationtt 
>  mouctaia 
nd  than 
rocks 

mountaii 
tnd  valle; 
■  the  liv 
he  Boreae 
south,  unit* 


~-  ^^jf^:^-Sig*;  JSSP 


A- 


■IS 


•)  i1 


TounrsTS'  iiandhook. 


97 


in  the  irt,d.on,  define  the  position  of  (he  vallevs  in  the  80"t'i- 
crn  .lope  of  this  plateau.     The  drainage  of  th'is  tableland  "i. 
toward  Lake  Champlain  on  the  east,  the  Hudson  on  th»  south 
and  t,ie   St.   Lawrence  on   the   north-west.     'J^he  sources  of 
some  of  the  streams  which  flow  indiflerent  direoons  are  often 
connected   with   each   other,    many  of  the   lakes  and  ponds 
ly.nj._  on  tl,e  same  ,,lane.     Most  of  the.e  bodies  of  waier  vary 
in  height  above  the  sea-level  f.ora  one  thousand  five  h.mdred 
eet  to  one  thousa.ul  seven  hundred  and  thirtvone  feet,  the 
latter  being  the  elevation  of  Racket  Lake.     The  ^reat  nu.n- 
bers  of  these  lakes  and  rivers,  each  navigable  by  the  li.ht 
canoe  of  the  Ind.an,  with  occasional  portages  past  the  rapids 
and  falls,  gave  to  the  district  in  former  times  features  of  great 
interest     Lasily  penetrate.!  in  every  direction,  the  wild  Soli- 
tudes of  the  mountains  afforded  no  sure  protection  to  the  deer 
and  moose,  nor  coul.i  the  beaver  and  otter  find  hidin.T-places 
so  remote  as  to  get  beyond  the  reach  of  the  Indian's  eanoc. 
Ihese  animals,  together  with  the  excellent  fish  of  the  lakes 
and  rivers,  gave  to  the  Indians  their  living.     (Jame  and  fish 
in  abundance  nre  still  found  through  all  the  dLs.riet;  and  the 
number  of  adventurers  who  penetrate  these  ru^re-l  wilds  in 
summer  ,s  every  year  on  the  increase.     The  n;buntains  are 
well  covered  with  a  growth  of  trees,  -  birch,  bee.h,  maple, 
aBh  hemlock,  spruce,  fir,  cedar,  and  white-pine,  in  the  hiAer 
ands  and  along  the  courses  of  the  streams  almost  impenetra- 
ble  thickets  of  tamarack,   hemlock,   and   cedar.     The    pine 
aflords   the   most   valuable   timber,   which   is  run   down  the 
various  streams  in  the  time  of  the  spring  freshets.     Masses  of 
magnetic  iron  ore  of  enormous  extent  have  been  found,  which 
have  led  to  the  establishing  of  smelting- works,  some  of  the 
principal  of  which  are  in  the  village  of  Adirondack,  in   the 
township  ofNewcomb,  on  the  western  border  of  Essex  Coun- 
ty    This  vil  age  is  situated  on  Lake  Sandford,  about  fiftv  miles 
from  i.ake  C  amplain.     On  the  shor<.s  of  this  lake,  and"  to  the 
north-west  of  ,t,  are  great  beds   of  this  magnetic   iron  ore 


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thousands  of  feet  in  l.'iigth  and  hundreds  in  width.  I.  has 
bten  wrouglit  for  moro  than  foriy  years  ;  l)ut  so  many  dilliiul- 
tiis  haie  bt-en  encountered,  that  some  of  the  works  'lave  been 
abandoned. 

Boutes  into  the  Adirondacks, 

Of  those  thire  are  many.  Rivers  run  in  every  direction 
from  the  lAes  and  ponds  that  abound  in  the  central  portion; 
and  railroads  run  around  the  mountain  district  on  evi-ry  side 
except  the  east,  which  is  ax^cessiblc  from  Lake  Cliamplain. 
'We  "ive  by  themselves  tlie  favorite  loutes,  as  follows:  — 

I'^r^ous  visiting  the  Adirondacks  direct  from  Kostou  would 

pursue  the  course  laid  down  for  our  Saratoga  pilgrims  as   far 

as  Rutland,  Vt.;  but,  instead  of  branching  off  from  that  point 

to  the  south-wfst,  over  the  Ren-selaer  and  Saratoga  Railroad, 

would  continue  on  northward  to  Burlington,  on  the  east  sho.e 

of  La'-ie  Cliamplain.     Thence,  by  the  elegant  steamer  '•  Oakes 

Ames  "  a  speedy  and  easy  transit  i^  etlectcd  to  Tlatlsburg. 

This  \oyWn  of  the  trip -from  Rutland  to   Hatlsburg-is 

■  one  of  the  most  beautiful  on  the  entire  journey,  espe.ially  it 

taken   in  the  afternoon  and  evening,  and  is  thus  glowingly 

eulogized  ly  Mr.   Kdward  S    Sears,  a  Boston  journalist  who 

recently  visited  this  region  :  — 

»'  One  siene  of  I'lat  ride  will  long  live  in  the  memory  of  the 
two  who  viewed  it  trom  the  cab  of  the  engine.      Ihe  sun  was 
iust  -inking  to  his  rest,  and  hall-veiled  in  an  amber  haze,  while 
warm  beams  lighted  up  the  purple  peaks  with  a  tender 
clory.     We  were  running  due  west ;  and  the  rays  of  the  sun, 
llancin-  adown  the  raits  before  us,  transmuted  them  as  by 
£  rrucible  of  an  alchemist,  to  ribbons  e*"  molten  gold  stretch- 
in-'  away  into  the  lan.l  of  enchantment.     O-^'-   too  soon  the 
bif.'ht  scene  fa-ied :  we  turned  to  the  northward,  and  were 
soon  on  the  dock  at  Burlington,  where  the  beautiful,  airy,  and 
fast  boat,  •  Oakes  Ames,'  was  waiting  to  receive  us,  and  Lapt. 
N   B    I'roctor,  her  popular  commander,  was  smiling  a  welcome 
at  the  gang-plank,     ^'ifty  minutes  spanned  the  twenty  miles 
of  lake^ninutesspent'in  sounding  the  pr-.se  of  chanamg 


Champli 
waves,  a 
the  lovel 
lake,  am 


From 

K'lilroad 

miles  he 

St.  Uegi 

that  m;iy 

grouped 

the  ceiiti 

Point  of 

resort  of 

wish  to  j2 

there  art 

are  well 

the   banl 

mountain 

which  th 

one  of  tl 

precipice 

high.     F 

mill  of  ni 

wooded  b 

a  precipic 

valley  of 

bethtown 

of  one  hu 

plane  of  i 

long  an<I 

village,  ai 

town  is  a 

posed  to  1 


TOUniSTS'   lIASDIiOOK. 


99 


in  width.  I.  has 
80  many  dillii'iil- 
works  'lave  been 


1  every  direction 
B  central  portiou ; 
■ict  on  every  side 
Lalte  Cliamplain. 
s  follows :  — 
ron»  liostoii  would 
;a  pilgrims  as  tar 
3ir  from  that  point 
Saratoga  Railroad, 

on  the  east  shoie 
at  steamer  '•  Oake.s 
ted  to  i'latlsburg. 
to  riatlsburg  —  is 
mrney,  especially  if 

is  thus  glowingly 
ston  journalist  who 


the  memory  of  the 
;ine.  The  sun  was 
1  amber  haze,  while 
iaks  with  a  tender 
»e  rays  of  the  sun, 
iinuted  them,  as  by 
nolten  gold  stretch- 

O"'-  too  Boon  the 
jrthward,  and  were 

beautiful,  airy,  and 
eeive  us,  and  Capt. 
s  smiling  a  welcome 
id  the  twenty  miles 

pr-ise  of  charming 


Champlain.  The  mronl)eam8,  shimmering  on  the  tremulous 
waves,  and  niakiii<T  our  wake  a  track  olTros^ted  i-ilver,  rtvea'el 
the  lovely  grcMi  isles  nestling  in  the  bica.-t  of  i  lie  leauteous 
lake,  and  made  uji  a  seine  ot  beauty  rarely  equalled." 

By  Rail  and  Stage  to  the  lakes. 

From    Piattsburg,  we  take   the  Whiiehall   and   Plattsburg 
Railroad  to  Au  Sable  Station,  on  the  An  Sable  River,  twenty 
miles  below,  where  we  find  coaches  in  waiting  to  take  us  to  the 
St.  Regis  and  Saranac   Lakea.     The  various  specific  routes 
that  may  bo  taken  to  reach  the  different  points  will  be   Ibnnd 
grouped   together  in   their  proper  place.     Klizabethtown.   ia 
the  centre  of  Essex   County,  is  easily  reaclud  by   stage  from 
Point  of  Rucks  on  the  Au  Sable  lii\ei-.     This  is  a  fkvorite 
resort  of  quiet  people,  artists,  ladies,  and   fami  ies  «ho  do  not 
wish  to  get  far  from  the  base  of  ho  ne  supplies.     The  hoti-ls 
(here  are  nmneious,  elepant,  and  well-funiished,  and  naturally 
are  well  filled  in  the  summ.r.     Klizabethtown  ia  situated  on 
the   banks   of   the    Borpiet   River,   and    surrounded    by  lii^h 
mountain  peaks.     1'here  are  two  high  summits  on  the  west,  of 
which  the  southernmost  (called  the  (Jiaiit  of  the   Valley)  ia 
one  of  the   highest  of  t'le  range,     lluTe  is  a  perpe.ulic  ular 
precipice  on  the  north  side  of  this,  nearly  seven  hundred  feet  # 
high.     Five  miles  to  the  north-west  is  Ilunicane  I'eak,  a  pyra- 
mid of  naked  rocks,  graceful  in   piiape,  rising  fiom  a  densely 
wooded  base.     Cobble  Hdl,  one  mile  we.-t  of  the  village,  has 
a  precipice  two  hundred  feet  high  on  the  east  side  of  it."    The 
va'ley  of  the  IJc  quel  runs  eight  miles  south-west  from  Eiiza- 
bethtown.      At  the  head  of  this  valley,  the  Rocp-et  has  a  fall 
of  one  hundred  feet,  through  a  narrow  gorge,  over  an  inclined 
plane  of  rough  and  broken  rocks.     Black   Pond  is  one  mile 
long  an<l  half  a  mile  wide:   it  is  six  miles  south-east  of  the 
village,  and  well  stored  with  fish.     On  the  south-east  of  the 
town  is  a  hill  two  hundred  feet  1  igh,  covering  forty  acres,  sup- 
posed to  be  nearly  a  solid  mass  ( f  iron  ore.     In  the  south-west 


IDQ 


TOvnisTS'  itANnnooK. 


of  the  town  is  New  Tond,  urroun.led  by  hijrl.  mountain  p.'»kH 
and  dense  forests.  The  stage  fron.  S.hroon  Lak.  to  K.esydlo, 
runs  through  Klizidx-thtown.  By  travelling  south  iron.  Li  za- 
bethtown  towar.l8  Sd.roon  Lake,  a  point  is  r.-aehed  soul.,  ot 
New  Ku-sii,  where  a  fine  view  is  obtanicd  of  Dix's  leak, 
(liant  of  the  Valley,  MeComb's  :Monntain,  and  Hald  IVak. 
Tin-  town  of  North  Hudson,  joinin-  Lli/.abethtown  on  the 
south,  contains  larfre  iron  works  an.l  a  little  yiUagc  Ibe 
Schroo.i  Kiver  runs  through  the  town,  on  whuh  is  "Roots 
Vlace,'-  from  which  Mud  Pond,  Boreas  Lake,  and  Clam  lond 
may  be  visited. 

The  Au  Sable  Ponda 

may  be  visited  from  Elizia.ethtown.     These  pon.ls,  two  in  num- 
ber -the  Upper  and  Lower, -arc  in  the  south  part  of  the 
town  of  Kee..e,  in  the  mi.lst  of  scenery  bold  and  wild.     Hur- 
ricane   Mountain    and    Skylight    are    easily    reached    from 
A.U  Sable  Ponds.     Deep  gorges,  lovely  little  ponds,  and  wild 
cascades  are  foun.l  in  .ho   vicinity.     About  one-e.ghth  of  a 
mile  west  of  the  road  leading  from  Keenc  Hats  to  Au  Sable 
Ponds,  are  the  falls  of  the  Au  Sable  Uiver,  known  as  Russell  s 
Falls      Here  the  water  darts  through  a  crooked  passage  one- 
%  third  of  a  mile  long,  in  which  space  it  makes  a  des.ent  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet,  between  rocky  bank.,  (hat  rise  to  the 
height  of  two  hundred  feet.     Two  miles  farther  up  the  Au  Sa- 
ble, are.  similar  falls,  known  as  Beaver  Meadow  tails,     llam- 
bow  Falls  are  one-eighth  of  a  mile  north-west  of  the  Lower 
Au  Sable  Pond,  and  have  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  ol 
perpendicular  descent.     Roaring  Brook  Falls,  four  mdes  east 
of  Rainbow,  consist  of  two  separate  falls, -one  over  a  verti- 
cal precipice  into  a  d.ep  gorge;  the  other  two  hundred  and 
fifty  feet  along  a  groove   worn  into  the  solid  rock.     Chape 
Pond,  the  source  of  Roaring  Brook,  is  about  a  mile  east  of 
Roaring  Brook  Falls,  in  a  deep  ravine  between  the  Au  Sable 
and  Boquet  Rivers. 


North 
five  niilc 
Clear  I' 

viz        ,1(' 

good  pif 
ton  Xoti 
Placid  1 


the  ascc 
liis  lecti 
between 
it'*  nauK 
west  si (h 
Hunimit  i 
horses  tl 
hotel  on 
there  is  i 
in  it  tow; 
Lawrtn< 
can  be 
b-'vond ; 
south, 
naked  e^ 


Tliia  i 
\n  Sabl 
the  card 
has  been 
\Ve  quo! 

"  'Hie 
The  can 
Au  Sabl 


I'll  niountnin  pcnkH 
Lake  to  Kcesvillo. 
cr  south  i'roiii  El  za- 
i  rcafheil  soutii  of 
cd  of  Dix's  I'euk, 
1,  anil  Bald  IVak. 
znl)ethtown  on  the 
little  village.  The 
I  which  is  "  Root's 
;e,  ami  Clam  Poiul 


'.  ponds,  two  in  nuni- 
B  south  part  of  the 
)ld  and  wild.     Ilur- 
isily    reached    from 
ttlc  ponds,  and  wild 
jut  one-eighth  of  a 
c  Flats  to  Au  Sable 
p,  known  as  Russell's 
rooked  passage  one- 
les  a  descent  of  one 
nks  that  rise  to  the 
arther  up  the  Au  Sa- 
eadow  Falls.     Rain- 
i-west  of  the  Lower 
nd  twenty-five  feet  ol 
^'alls,  four  miles  east 
,  —  one  over  a  verti- 
er  two  hundred  and 
;  solid  rock.     Chapel 
about  a  mile  east  of 
letween  the  Au  Sable 


TounisTS'  /ux/jnooK. 


101 


North  Klhii,  on  the  western  side  of  Essex  County,  twonty- 
five  niiles  by  siajro  from  Point  of  Rocks,  is  only  four  n:iles  from 
CIt'ar  P  ml,  which  has  four  mountains  refli  ctcd  in  its  waters, 
viz  Jclntyr.-,  Cohlcn,  Mount  Maroy,  and  The  Hear.  Thi.  is  a 
-rood  place  from  which  to  visit  Whitclace  Mountain,  Wiimin^'- 
ton  Xotih.  Mount  iMarcy,  Indian  Pass,  John  Brown's  L'rave,an'd 
Placid  Lake. 

Whiteface  Mountain, 

the  ascent  of  which  is  beautifully  describe<l  by  Mr.  Murray  in 
his  lecture  on  the  Adirondacks,  is  north  of  Placid  Lake, 
between  the  towns  of  Wilmington  and  St.  Armands.  It  takes 
its  name  from  a  mark  lefl  by  an  avalanche  that  slid  down  the 
west  side  seventy  years  ago.  ITie  distance  from  the  l)ase  to  the 
summit  is  seven  miles.  Carrinj-es  go  two  and  a  half  miles,  and 
horse  j  the  rest  of  the  way.  The  ^Vhiteface  Mountain  House,  a 
hotel  on  the  West  Au  Sable  River,  stands  near  the  base;  and 
there  is  also  a  small  hotel  at  the  top.  The  view  from  the  sum- 
mit towards  the  west  and  north  reaches  to  Lake  Ontario,  the  St. 
Lawrence  River,  and  in  a  clear  day  to  .Montreal ;  to  the  east 
can  be  seen  Lake  Champlaiu,  and  tlie  Green  Mountains 
b-yond;  while  Lake  Placid  lies  close  under  the  base  at  the 
south.  Sixty-four  different  bodies  of  water  are  visible  to  the 
naked  eye  from  the  top  of  this  mountain. 

Wilmington  Pass  or  Notch. 

Tins  is  the  local  title  of  the  narrow  valley  through  which  the 
Au  Sable  pours  the  waters  of  its  west  fork,  anil  through  which 
the  carriage-ro;.d  from  Wilmington  to  North  Elba,  twelve  miles, 
has  been  constructed  with  immense  labor  and  at  great  expense. 
We  quote  again  from  the  graphic  description  of  Mr.  Sears:  — 

"  'ilie  scenery  in  the  pass  is  of  wild  and  savage  magnificence. 
The  carriage-road  is  cut  into  the  bank  on  the  riglit  sddc  of  the 
Au  Sable  River  ;  and  above  it  tower,  hundreds  of  feet,  the  rug- 


«--rtlKjaJlMl«*«iMSi* 


Tovnisrs'  handbook. 


108 


^'■d  and  perpendioiilar  rocks.  AcroM  the  river  looms  up  old 
\Vliit('fj»f(',  iU  I'loiid-capped  peak  four  tliousaiid  two  hundred 
fc'ft  above  the  gea,  and  its  sides  clothed  witii  everfirccn  for  a 
meat  i)art  of  its  heijjht.  Midway  of  the  notch  is  the  cele- 
hratcd  \Vilniin;;toii  Falls,  one  hundred  feet  hiijh ;  and  below, 
the  Fliitne,  —  tlie  whole  foruiin;;  a  fjrand  and  wonlcrl'ul  exhilil- 
tion  of  nature  s  power.  Eiueri;ini|  from  the  pass,  tlie  peaceful, 
broad,  and  fertile  valley  of  the  Au  Sable  gtretehes  awa>  for 
miles  in  the  distance  ;  and  at  our  feet  lies  the  little  villa!,e  of 
Wiliniii<:ton." 

Mount  ]Marcy,  or  Tahassus,  the  "sky  splitter,"  monarch  of 
this  niountainous  iej>ion,  is  partly  in  Keene  and  pirtly  in  the 
south-east  corner  of  North  KIba.  It  is  the  hi{j;liest  of  the 
.Vdiroiidacks,  but  may  be  readily  ascended,  provided  there  be 
good  courage  and  power  of  endurance. 

Indian  Pais, 

known  also  as  Adirondack  Pnss,  lies  east  of  Wallface,  but  ho- 
twei-n  Wallface  and  Mclntyre.  It  is  a  deep  porfje,  cijiht  to 
ten  rods  wide,  and  more  than  a  mile  long.  The  steep  sides  of 
\Vallface  rise  to  different  heights,  from  five  huiulred  to  foiu-- 
teen  hundred  feet.  The  lloor  ol  the  pass  is  covereil  with  enor- 
mous rocks ;  and  there  are  big  caverns  on  the  sides  in  which  ice 
is  found  dui  ing  the  entire  year. 

Lake  Placid,  in  the  north  part  of  North  lilba,  is  the  prin- 
cipal source  of  the  West  Au  Sable  lliver.  It  is  five  miles  long, 
:md  has  many  islands  in  it,  among  which  some  of  tlie  lar;^est 
are  Buck,  Moose,  and  Hawk  Islands. 

The  Saranao  Begion. 

The  lakes  and  forests  about  the  Saranac  waters  are  not 
excelled  by  any  part  of  the  Adirondacks  for  fishing,  gunning, 
boating,  and  camping  out.  The  Upper  Lake  section,  in  the 
south  part  c'  Franklin  County,  the  south-east  of  St.  Lawrence 


('i)IIIltV, 

t'H.v  ill 
fa>'li  ml 
>>  iriiiint 
(•/(I  Hoiii 

Lower 
liinda. 
lia.s  beer 
of'tlmixo 
•'clio,  wli 

fo<Jt   (Ittl 

wlioNo  ii: 
lomlbrt  ( 

so  il8  to  1 

the  lowoi 
111.-  Mid, 
Til.'  LVi 
loiij;  and 
its  .sliorue 


north  of  t 
two  porta 
takitij,'  p: 
proper  a 
.S|)ii(ire  1 
Rejiis  aiK 
in  the  ciiu 
ponds  /roi 
tilt-  nortli- 
poiids,  tlia 
or  a  count 
Paul  Sinii 
Smith,  ciil 


n 


TOUniSTS-   UAXnBOOK. 


105 


<  oi.Mt^  a,Hl  the  north  part  of  IlaMiilt....  ro„ntv,,.omu  p,op- 

^•rlv  ...   tl..,  di^trir..     Tlu,  pon.ls  ar.,    n„«tly  c".,,..........!  with 

^a-h  ,.ih..r ;  an.l  tht-  p„rt,.K,.H  ar.  .hurt.    Tl,.,  Upper  an.l  [,owcr 
.>.ra..ftc.  Uk.«  .in.  co...,..He.l  by  the  river  of  .h.  .s...>.e  ,w.,..e 
^"«  Hoi.n.l  J.ak.,,  ,1...  thro,   ponrin^  ,l,,ir  watw-.n  ,hrM„Kh  the 
Nt.a.,ac    luver    into    Lalc«    Cha-.-phun  at   I'lattxlmrtf.     The 
^..wer  Sara..ac.  ^ix  hy  tw„  ...iU-e  in  extrnt.  ......ain.  liOv  !.- 

.•n.l8.      I  ho  la...l«,.apo  on  .o,.,e  pan*  oC  tho  honh-r  of  thi,  laico 
ha.  beon  m,„.ro.l  ^onu-wha'   l-viiu-s;  b..t  thm,  i,  «till  no  la-k 
'"  •'«-'-«  <oro,st.     In  o..e  pa.t  of  this  h.ic..  tb..ro  is  a  ro.narkable 
.•eho.  wHoh  n.poats  a  soin..!  as  ,„a..y  a,  ,w.  n.v  ti.nos      At  .ho 
foot  o,  th,s  l.ko  1,  .M,,tin-H  Ho„.|.  k..pt  bv  \V,lha..,  V.  Ma.tin, 
«i.os..  n..ne  ,s  a  s^nony,,.,.  for  ko.kI  livi„.,  ,„„!  at.e.,.io„  t„  ,ho 
«o...lort  ol  g,u.«(H.      II.H  ho,.««  is  newly  fnr.n^h,,!.  and  ....lar.-ed 

so  a8  to  a.ron..no,Iato  one  h.nulrci  a.>,l  fifty  po„ple.     \\\.i  of 
le  lowor  Sa,  a.,a,.  is  U..,.n.l  l.ako,  o,-,  „.s  it  i«  .M,.,.etin>es  calh.,1, 
I   ••    .M.d.lle    .Sa.ana.,  whi,-h  is  eight  n.iies  in    ci.v,n..tero„co 
lb..   Lpper  ,Sa.-ana,-.  .hj,  la.-jrest   of  tho  ^^rouj,,  is  oij-ht  ..iUs 

i'tr'shorl'''"  ''"'"■     ^""''  ''''"*  '"•■  "'""'^'"^  '""   '"'""'  "1"'" 

The  St.  Regis  Lakes, 
north  of  the  Sarnnno  Lak.s,  a.e  reached  frotn  the,,,  l.vcrossi,-., 

wopor.a,.,sat,vhicb  hor.es  are  always  kept  in  Hun..„er  for 
takinfT  part.es  a.id  their  boats  acrc«8.  The  St.  Ke-is  Lakes 
proper  are  two  in  nu.uber,  the  Upper  and  Lower,  tho,..-h 
Sp.ll.re  lo.Ki,  which  lies  between  the  sou.h.rn  or  Ui.per  St. 
Ueiz.s  and  the  norther.,  or  Lower,  is  re.iily  a  consideral.Ie  lake 
in  the  cna.n  ;  while  the  connl.-y  all  aronnd  is  do.te.l  with  little 
pon<Js  ho.a  ten  to  fifty  ac.-es  i.,  extent.  Indeed,  the  region  to 
the  ..orth-west  of  the  Sara.iac  is  so  broke..  „p  by  lakes  and 
ponds,  that  .t  n.ay  be  .xgarded  either  as  a  lake  A.ll  of  islan.ls, 
or  a  cou..try  fnll  of  lakes.  TI.e  St.  Regis  House  is  known  as 
lau  Snuths,  fro.n  the  na...e  of  its  proprietor,  Apollos  A. 
Sn..th,  called  -  Paul  "  for  short.     Its  location  is  at  the  foot  of 


10« 


TOURISTS'  n.isnnooK. 


th"  T-ow..r  St.  R».-U  Li»k.-,  In  the  cnlrc  ..f  tho  huntii.R  an.l 
fi^l.i.^;  n-nion.  At  lUlnb  ,w  Lake,  the  h.-ul  of  navlnat..m  on 
U,o  north  l.rnnch  of  the  S;ir;m  .r.  mx  ...Ih..  .'n^t  ot  "a-.l 
SinithV  lo  h..nt(.(l  the  /?,//<.'.-«'  //""•-'',  'v  •"■w  ""'I  .•<-inii....l...iii. 
h...ol    k..pt  I'V  J.un.i  M.  Wanln.T.  who    ha«  ha.l   nrnt-teon 

yo;.r«*  .■NIHTlenr..  in  tl N-.h  W..,,!.."  an.l  prhh.  h  m..  t 

on  hU  ability  to  care  (or  all  tl...  nccl.  v(  .|...rl8UUM,.  It  U  only 
,ov,.n  n,il.-/to   ni..nnun-.lale,  wli.'n.'c  viMlor.  can  be  convy.'.l 

in  teams  to  the  houn.'. 

Big  Clear  Lake. 

netwe..n  the  Upper  St  Reui«  an-l  the  Upper  Saran,.c  i«  W^ 
Cl.-ar  T.  .ke.  a  b.^antifnl  ^h.^et  ..f  «,mrklinfi  wat.T,  tin.  outlet  ol 
,vl.ioh  i8  a  narrow  cT.ek.  th.win^  into  tlu-  Upi-er  Sarana.'  an.l 
forming  part  of  the  Saranao  pys'^-'"-  l''""'  '*'"  "^^  ^''f 
chain,  th.,  rivr  of  th«  .«me  name  Ih.ws  north-w..Hterly  to  h.- 
St.  Liwren,-..,  into  which  it  erapti.^H  near  the  n,..nth  of  the 
llacket.     It  ha«  not  been  navi^atc.l  for  any  conK.derable  .lis- 

Tuppev'i  Lake, 
.outh-wcHt  of  IW   Sarana.    I^.ken.  is  r..ache.l   IV-.m  them  b; 
boats,  ov..r  the  tributaries  of  the   lla.kel  Kiv.r.      1  here  are  a 
ew   portag..s;   but  they  are  short  an.l  oa.y.     There  are  futy- 
two  i-b»n's  in    this    lake,  of  which    niulf   Wan.l  .8  the  n,o,t 
note.l,  an.l  takes  its  name  fron,  a   hii;h  blutV  at  the  uest  eu.l, 
known  as   Devil's  I'ulpit.     Tourists   can   pa-s  from    lupp.Ts 
Lake  up  th..  river,  with  here  an.l   th.re  a  short  carry,  to  Lent; 
Lake,  passin,'  in  sight  of  .'ount    S.war.l   an.l   Mount   Stan- 
tanoni,  which  a,e  on  the  east        •  may  b.^  ascende.l  lron>  po.n.s 
onthisnm.e.     l-ong  Lake,-,,  the  town   of  the  s.n.e  name,  .s 
thirteen  miles  long,  an.l  in  th.,  broadest  part  one  an.l  a  halt 
miles  wide.     It  has  the  app.-a.ance  of  a  river  n.ore  than  ol  a 
lake      Good  a.conuuo<la(i  .ns  f..r  can.pin;.'  are  fo.ind  on  eve.> 
side  of  it ;  and  thro.igbout  .1..-  nei«bbo, h  -od  there  is  a  multi- 
tude of  ponds  an.l  l.kelets  con,.c  te.l  with  each  other,  through 
which  excursions  may  be  ma.le  indefinitely  by  boat. 


Lak 

ilian  I' 

and  Ih 

.'elehri 

nei;{lib 

lak  I'M  I 

.livi.lin 

lord  nil 

(piHrii'i 

bijiiiiiju 

At  the 

a    streji 

a    port; 

Lake 

briliian 

every  l( 

Ilaili'oa 

Ilaek.'t 

.Springs 

Uieket 

Like,  a 

waters. 

.same  to 

miles  W( 

which  a 

pD.tJgCI 

the  Kigj 
•■an  go 
Fifth  an 
Fifth,  ar 
is  the  la 
The  ."hoi 
down  to 


■  ""^^WBSBBP^^^i*^^^^*^^' 


of  thi<  hunting  nml 
<>(i(l  of  navl^'ation  on 

nillc'K  cnft  of  "  I'ii'il 
new  nnd  ('(iiniiKxlioiifi 
o  liM  lintl  nint'teen 
"  null  jtriilcd  himmlf 


r 


H|I<II'I8IIU'II. 


It  U  only 


iiom  can  lie  convt-jfl 


U|.|ior  Sariin.ic  •«  ''1>-' 

\rr  wntiT,  till-  (illtU't  of 

ic  Upi"'!'  Huniiai',  nn'l 
Vroiii  the  St.  Ui'ci' 
s  norih-wfuterly  to  tin- 
I'iir  till'  nioutli  of  tlie 
•  any  connid«rublo  tlis- 

rcaclifd   from  lliem  1>; 
ul  Uivtr.     'riiiTC  are  a 
asy.     Tlicre  are  f>ity- 
luir   Wanil  is  ibc  most 
h  l)lutV  at  the  we^t  i-uil, 
an   paxs  from  'rii]ii)i'r'!< 
L'  a  short  carry,  to  Lon;,' 
fard   and    Mount   Stan- 
di! ascended  from  poinls 
n   of  the  8  inif  name,  is 
i;gt  part  one  ami  a  half 
a  river  more  than  of  a 
ipin;;  are  found  on  every 
borh  jod  there  is  a  nnihi- 
with  eaeh  oilier,  through 
litely  by  boat. 


-^ 


TOUm.SrS'    IIASItROOK. 


107 


The  Other  LakM  and  Pondi. 

Lake   rrer.l.THon,  whenc..   ..-  (.I.iaimd  a  (air  view  r.f  tlie  In- 
dian I'lws,  lien  to  ll„.  ,.aHl,  eoniieri,.,!  |,y  wnter  with  Cohl  Uiver, 
and  lhruu«h  Cohl    Uiver   i.ceos«il)le    from    Loii;^    Lake.     Tho 
eelel.ruted   poniU  at  the  head  of  CoM    River  lire  in   the  namo 
n<'l;zhborho(H|.     Lake  Sin.lford  Is  another  of  tlione  river-hhaped 
l.ik.M  luiinin;;  ten  miled  throu^li  the  town  of  Neweomb,  and 
dividin;;  it  into  eiu-t  and  wedt  ilis-tiirtn.      Between  F-ake  Sand- 
lord  nn.l  I.„n,'  Lake  lie   Lake   Delia,  two  and  a  h;.lf  bv  ihree- 
(pii.riet.ofu  mile,  and   I/ike   Catlin,  (hree  ndk'H  long]  on  the 
I'i'iiiidury    between    Neweomb    and  the  town  of  Lon,,'  Lake. 
At  the    Houlbern    end  ct  I,oni'   Lake  h  South   Pond,  wln-neo 
a    Htre.m    rnnd   to    Forked    Lake,  by   whieh  ill  earn   th.-ie    is 
a    portajje    of  half    a    mile     around     the     rnpids.      Forked 
Lake    connects   with    Iti,  ket     Uke,   well    ki.o>M,    from    tho 
brilliant   description  (,f  Mr.  Murray,  and    the    tntliii.iasm    of 
every  lover  of  nature    that   liiw   visited    it.     Tin-  Adirondiek 
Railroad  will  goon  be  completed  beyond    the  noutli   part  of 
Racket  Lake,  and  thus  briii;;  it  wifliin  a  few  b.iiirs  of  Sarato.'a 
Sprinj,'9.     The    Kekfor.l     Lakes    are    fre.pirntly    visited    IWui 
R  icket  Lake.     They  lie  to  the  ca.st  in  the  township  of  In.li.m 
L-ike,  and  possefi   all    the   charms  of  the   other    A.liroiidnek 
waters.     Indian    Lake,   Chain     Lake,  ami  "  L  "    Lake  in  the 
same  township  form  tho  head  waters  of  the   Ilmlson.     A  few 
miles  west  of  R.ieket  Lake  i.s  the  Fnllon  chain   of  ei-ht   lakes, 
which  are  reached  from   Racket   by  boat,  there   bein«  but  fi'w 
r.oitig.s.  and  these  not  long.     From  this  direction  one  reaches 
the  Kighth  Lake  first,  parses   by  porta-e  to  the    Srventh,  and 
«an   go  directly  by  boating    into  the    Si.xib.     'J'li,.  Sixth  and 
Fifth  arerpnte  small ;  and  there  is  a  porta-e  between  Sixth  and 
Fifth,  and  also  one  between   Fifth  and  Fourth.     Fonrtl;  Lake 
is  the  largest  of  the  chain,  and  has  a  number  of  i.hmds  in  it. 
The  shores  are  high,  and  rise  in  rapid  a.s.-ents.     H  nilock  grows 
down  to  the  edge  of  tho  water;  and  in  the  undisturbed  repose 


Mi 


I 

^»n     lit— I  ■itmimmii^tim 


108 


TOURISTS'   HANDBOOK, 


of  the  wat.rs  the  fringes  of  foliage  are  clearly  reflected.  In 
the  centre  of  the  lake  is  a  beautiful  group  of  rooks  known  as 
Elba.  There  is  a  passage  for  boats  into  Third  Lake,  close  l.y 
which  Bald  Mountain  frowns  down;  and  the  passage  con- 
tinues open  to  Second  Lake.  Second  is  hardly  dist.nguishaWe 
from  First,  there  being  a  mere  sand-bar  separating  them,  ihe 
Adirondack  Railroad  will  pass  just  north  of  these  lakes. 

The  John  Brown  Tract. 

Tl.e  western  part  of  the  Adirondack  region  is  known  as  the 
John  Brown  Tii.ct ;  it  reaches  into  Lewis  and  Hamilton  Coun- 
ties, but  is  mostly  included  in  Ilerldmer  County.     In  area  it  is 
about  twenty  miles  square,  and  is  supposed  by  many  to  take 
its  name  from  the  hero  of  North  Elba,  but  such  is  not  the  fact. 
More  than  fifty  )  ears  ago  John  Brown  was  a  merchant  of 
Trovidence,  ILL,  and  coming  into  this  part  of  the  State  bought 
this  tract,  upon  which  a  large  number  of  people  from  the  sea- 
board attempted  a  permanent  settlement.     But  many  discour- 
agements appeare<l  to  thwart  them  ;  work  upon  the  tract  was 
abandoned;   and    the  solitude   of   the   unbroken   wilderness 
again  resumed  its  sway. 

Many  volumes  mi^ht  be  written  on  these  regions  without 
exhaustin-  the  material  for  description.  We  trust  enough  has 
been  said  "to  guide  the  tourist  into  the  wilderness,  and  whet 
his  appetite  for  the  pleasures  of  the  pathless  woods. 

Nearly  every  one  has  read  Mr.  Murray's  "  Adventures  in  the 
Adlrondacks  ; "  but  il  is  a  good  book  to  take  along,  nevertheless. 
J  T.  lleadley  wrote  a  book  on  the  Adirondacks  more  than 
twenty  years  ago,  which,  though  not  very  accurate  as  to  dis- 
tances and  dimensions,  has  many  good  descriptions. 

No  one  need  go  into  the  Adirondack;  expecting  to  get  game 
without  the  exercise  of  skill.  Dee-  will  not  come  along  and 
wait  for  you  to  shoot  them,  nor  wi!!  trout  crowd  the  streams  all 
a-rape  for  bait ;  but  the  cunning  angler  and  wise  hunter  will  for 


nianj 
out.  a 
heigh 
latest 
ers :- 


K. 

clearly  reflected.  In 
jp  of  rooks  known  as 

Third  Lake,  close  Ijy 
md  the  passage  con- 
hardly  distinguishable 
jcparating  them.  The 
\  of  these  lakes. 

ct. 

region  is  known  as  the 
is  and  Hamilton  Coiin" 
•  County.  In  area  it  is 
losed  by  many  to  take 
but  such  is  not  the  fact. 
en  was  a  merchant  of 
)art  o£  the  State  bought 
of  people  from  the  sea- 
int.  But  many  discour- 
eork  upon  the  tract  was 
a   unbroken   wilderness 

n  those  regions  without 
We  trust  enough  has 
.e  wilderness,  and  whet 
thless  woods, 
ay's  "  Adventures  in  the 
( take  along,  nevertheless. 
Adirondacks  more  than 
very  accurate  as  to  dis- 
l  descriptions, 
r?  expecting  to  get  game 
will  not  come  along  and 
out  crowd  the  streams  all 
r  and  wise  hunter  will  for 


TounisTS'  HAxnnooK. 


109 


many  years  find  objects  for  the  exer.ise  of  their  «kill  throu.rh- 
om,  all  the  area  of  these  woods  and  mountains.  Wc  give  The 
height  of  some  of  the  principal  mountains,  according  to  the 
latest  estimates,  which  may  be  of  some  interest  to  our  read- 
ers :  — 


Tahawas  (Marcy) 

■     .     5,467  feet 

Dix's  Pek,      .     . 

.     5,'iOO     •' 

Waliface,     .     . 

.     2,000     " 

Stantaiioni,      .   •. 

.     5,000     •• 

Whiteface,  .     .     . 

.     5,380     " 

Mclntyre,     .     . 

.     5,280     " 

Seward,        ... 

.     5,000     " 

Pharaoh,      .     .     .     . 

.     5,000     '< 

<iiM'T/:ii  viir. 

Through  Vermont  to  Montreal. 


->,  /-^^^ol'UISTS  whose  titre  is  too  linuted  to  t:iko  in 
C;A  ^VZ-lil  ■:  the  aUrac^tions  of  Xingara  ami  the  A.liron- 
<lacks  inaj  pr.Cor  to  priced  direct  on  the 
Canadian  toi.r  and  to  take  the  route  from 
Uutland  to  Montreal,  which  is  very  direct, 
and  carries  one  through  several  places  of  con- 
siderable interest.  The  scenery  all  the  way  ,s 
worti.y  of  the  reputation  of  the  Green  Moun- 

'"It'sutherland  Fall,  a  splendid  view  is  presented  from  the 
car   vimlows.     A  de.p  gorge,  curtained  by  tall  trees  winch  aN 
mos   ol.c«re  the  vision  of  the  falling  waters,  Aasb-ng  through 
Te  rirts  in  the  foliage  as  thebrunches  are  stayed  .n  the  wind 
cm",    on  the  one  .We;  while  to  the  other  it  spreads  out  uUo 
a'wely  intervale,  wi.h  smooth  green   meadows  and  snnhng 
fa  m«  while  an  amphitheatre  of  majestic  mounta.ns  forms  the 
tTk  irJund.     As  we   journc.  onward,  we  see  all  along  green 
'rd  fJnile   meadows,  mirror-like  .tream.,  and  the  grand  array 
of  nmuuains.     Sixteen  miles   north  of  Rutland  .s   Brandon. 
Th    "  wn   contains  ^wo  singular  caverns  in  limestone,  e.gh- 
^"nflet  square,  entered  by  going  down  twenty  feet  from  the 

110 


surface 

of  didei 

Wonder 

don  M 

made  li 

and  otli 

scales  f 

scales  I 

product 

t'-y,  hav 

sold  by 

and  tliu 

them  gr 

Btaiioiis 

At  th 

'','odatioi 

and  visi 

buxinesi 

tliemseiv 

At   Pi 

located  a 

those  of 

is,  beside 

The  driv 

of  Uutiai 

Hence  V 

cially  fan 

weather 

Creek  Ho 

in  a  style 

conveiiici 

its  two   , 

feet  of  ve 

upon  pict 

haled  pur 


Uontreal. 

too  liniitoil  to  tnko  in 

rara    and  tho  Adiroii- 

jrocced  direct    on  the 

take  tho  route  from 

which  is  very  direct, 

several  places  of  con- 

!  scenery  all  the  way  is 

,n  of  the  Green  Moun- 

?  is  presented  from  the 
1  by  tall  trees  which  al- 
watei-s,  flashing  llirouph 
are  swayed  in  the  wind, 
)tlier  it  spreads  out  into 

meadows  and  smiling 
aic  mountains  forms  tlu; 

wc  see  all  alon^'  green 
ms,  and  the  grand  array 
f  Rutland  is  Brandon, 
rerns  in  limestone,  eigh- 
wn  twenty  feet  from  the 


^  \^-''4M-l'*^. 


TOUniSTS'    HANDBOOK.  m 

'";'T^.'-     ''^^^!\  '■'  *  ""'-^'^  1"«">'  '"  the  place;  and  minerals 
of  diHercnt  kinds  al,ound.     One  of  tho  notable  curiosities  and 
wonders  ot  Urandoi.  i.  to  be  foun.l  in  the  works  of  the  Bran- 
don Manufacturing    Company.     Howe's  standard   scales  are 
made  here,  some  with  a  caj.acity  to  weigh  oHe  hundred  tons, 
and  others  adapte.l  to  weigh  tho  smallest  fraction  of  an  ounce  ' 
scaes  for   weighing  out  the  materials   used  in  cooking,  and 
scales   lor  weighing  a  heavy  car-load   of  merchandise      The 
pro<lucts  oftlnsco«.pany,  now  found  in  every  part  of  the  coun- 
try have  made  their  name  familiar  with  all  .lealers  in  .oo.is 
so,d  by  we.ght.     The  constant  improvements  they  are  makin... 
and  the  accuracy  an.l  durability  they  have  attained,  have  w^n 
lu.»  great  favor.     Trucks  for  warehouses,  mills,  and  railway 
s.auons  also  form  a  specialty  in  their  business. 

At  this  place  the  Brandon  House  aflbrds  ,.Ieasant  accom- 
'■.o<.at,ons  to  those  desiring  to  spen.La  few  days  in  the  vicinitv 
and  visit  the  numerous  points  of  interest,  or  to  those  whose 
business  bnng.  them  hither,  of  whom  many  every  year  avail 
themselves  of  .ts  comfortable,  homelike  arran.rements 

At  Pittsfbrd,  midway  between  Brandon  and  Rutland,  is 
located  a  (,ne  medicinal  spring,  its  qualities  being  similar  to 
hose  of  ,he  famous  Clarendon  Spring  at  Saratoga ,  and  there 
.s  besKlcs,  the  best  of  trout-fishing  in  the  immediate  vicinity. 
Ihe  Cnves  are  deUghtful ;  an.l  the  marble  quarrie.,  like  those 
o  Uutlan.1  and  Bramlon,  are  of  great  interest  to  Strang... 
llencerusfordhas  becon.e  a  favorite  spot  for  p.rtie,  .tpe- 
callyfanuhcs.  to  spend  several  days  or  weeks  i^n  the  waL 
weather  ,n  quiet  enjoyment.  For  their  con.fort  the  Ouer 
Creek  House  allords  a  pleasant  stopping-place.  It  is  furnished 
m  a  style  and  manner  especially  adapted  to  the  comfort  and 
onven.ence  of  its  occupants.     Its  rooms  are  .p,acious  and  airy. 

feet  of  verandas  u.  length  and  ten  feet  in  width,  lookin,.  out 
upon  pictures  of  the  greatest  natural  beauty,  where  may  be  in- 
haled pure  and  health-giving  air,  as  it  descends  from  its  uncon- 


j|^2  TOURISTS-   VAKDJiOOK. 

taminated  ino,.ntain  home  ;  while  the  n.urmurinn;,  of  tie  b.au- 
tilul  Otter  Oreok  fill  every  room  in  the  house  wUh  8<K)th...t; 

™  Nile  miles  from  Brandon  by  stage,  and  eight  n.iW  from 
MiddU-bury,  \.  Lake  Dunmore.  a  .he.t  of  ^at-r  <ne  ...iIcb  lonj. 
an.l  thre-  wide.  It  is  surrounded  by  a  pleasant  vanctv  of  hiph 
blulls,  and  green,  sloping  hillsides.  The  bracing  mountam  a.r 
and  .be  fishing  in  the  vicinity  have  made  this  qu.te  a  popular 

'' iCe  Lake  Dunmore  Home  is  fitted  up  with  special  reference 
to  the  wants  of  visitors  at  the  lake,  and  is  ^M .1  adapted  to  its 

^"Ediebury,  fifteen  miles  north  of  Brandon,  is  ....  the  Otter 
Cv..ek  and  bas  on  every  side  most  beautiful  wild  mountain 
geenery.  White  and  variegated  marble  is  found  near  by  and 
is  exported  in  large  -luantities.  This  place  is  the  seat  ot  M.d- 
dlebury  College.  Good  fare  and  rest  for  travellers  ,s  furn.sl.e. 
atlhe^<W.>".  no<i»e,  which  has  lately  been  remo.lelled  and 
furnished  in  the  most  modern  style.  From  this  centre  the  d.s- 
tanceis  short  to  Lakes  George.  Dunmore,  and  Cba.apla.n, 
Grand  View  Mountain,  and  Belden  Falls.  The  house  has 
fine  livery   stable  connected    with  it,  and  furnishes   careful, 

attentive  drivers.  ,  , 

Soon  the  road  approaches  the  shore  of  La^e  Champla  n, 
and  we  catch  fleeting  glimpses,  through  .he  openings  ,n  he 
trees,  of  its  glittering,  sheeny  surface.  Stretehmg  away  in  the 
distance,  its  dancing  waves,  capped  occasionally  by  a  Ibtt.ng 
sail,  seem  the  embodiment  of  liquid  life ;  .hile  ui  the  distance, 
looming  hazv  and  only  half  substantial  in  the.r  purple  bloom, 
^e  see  the  peaks  of  the  Adirondacks,  far  beyond  the  clear  ex- 

^'^ WnTetfourteen  miles  north  of  Mi-ldlebnry,  at  the  heal 
of  nav^alion  on  Otte.  Creek,  is  the  oldest  city  of  %  ermont^ 
There  is  an  United  States  arsenal  there;  and  much  oi^  the 
Bhip-building  for  Lake  Chan.,.lain  has  been  done  at  the  place. 


Otter 

tor  the 

visitor 

s:iil  do 

lightfu 

Strrcm 

of   far 

•'  Curh 

Henry 

Ca.isin, 

.lirect 

it-eif  { 

With  1 

the  (in 

Otter 

affords 

oiu^  a 

Otter 

stream 

sides  of 

At  I 

the  fore 

to  put  r 

picture 

tagc  of 

N-ar 

and  a  I 

anrl  we 

very   fc 

bosom  0 

in  full  v 

sides,  th 

•Soon 

and  the 

view,  ail 

so  admi' 


TocnrsTs'  haxhiiook. 


11.3 


murin<is  of  tie  lioau- 
hou80  wiih  soothing 

nd  oight  niilt'B  from 
*at<T  live  miles  Ion;; 
■asaiit  variety  of  hijili 
l)rac!n<;  mountain  air 
this  quit!"  a  pojmlar 

with  siKcial  riference 
is  woil  ailapti'd  to  its 

union,  is  t...  tlie  Otter 
lutiful  wild  mountain 
is  found  near  by,  and 
ice  is  the  seat  of  Mid- 
travellers  is  furniidied 
been  remodelled  and 
jm  this  centre  the  dis- 
lore,  and  Clmiaplain, 
lis.  The  house  has  a 
and  furnishes   careful, 

8  of  Lake  Champlain, 
J  Jie  openings  in  the 
Stretching  away  in  the 
casionally  by  a  Hitting 
;  while  in  the  distance, 
in  their  ptirple  bloom, 
ar  beyond  the  clear  ex- 

liddlebury,  at  the  heal 
)ldest  city  of  Vermont, 
lere  ;  and  much  of  the 
aeen  done  at  the  place. 


Otter  Creek  is   h.-rc  five  hundred  ft-et  wide,  and  ia  navigable 
for  the  largest  ships  on   the  lake.     At  A'er,renn...s  aNo,  many 
visitors  stop  for  a  few  days  to  enjoy  the  view  of  the  fills,  the 
siiil  down  Otter  Creek  and  ufwn  Lake  Chanii)Iain,  and  the  de- 
lightful drives  ir  the  n.'ighborhoo.!.     F..r  all  sn.h  tourists  the 
Sl.ve^ns  House  lAVwiU  a  desirable  stopping-plaee,  with  the  best 
of  fare,   gootl   rooms,  and   moderate    charges.     The    steamer 
•'Curlew."  Capt.    N.    Crane,    eonnect.s  Vergennes    with    I'.irt 
Henry  on   the   west  side  of  Lake  Champlain,  landing  at  Fort 
Cassin.  Hasin   Harbor,  and  VVestport,  thus  givb:,    one  of  the 
direet  routes  to  the    .Adirondack    Mountains.      V.Tgennes    is 
itself  a   good    place  in  whidi  to  sp.^nd  the  suni.n.r"  months. 
With  Lake  Chamjilain  and  the  Adironda.ks  on  on  ■  hand,  and 
the  (ir.'en  Mountains  on  the  other,  the  scenerv  is  unsurpas.sed. 
Otter   Creek   is   well   stocked   with  a  large  vaVieiv  of  fish.  an<l 
affords  th.-  best  of  boating,  while  the  I'ort  Henry  iteamer  gives 
one  a  chance  for  daily  excursions  on  her  round  trips,   ^hc 
Otter  Creek    Falls,  at  Vergennes,  are   at  a  point  wh.'re   the 
stream  is  five  h-mdred  feet  wide,  divided  by  an  island,  on   both 
sides  of  which  -he  water  makes  a  descent  of  thirtv-five  feet. 

At  Ferrisburg  a  dam  with  its  flashin-  sheet  of  water  forms 
the  foreground  of  as  delightful  a  scene  as  a  [lainter  would  wish 
to  put  on  canvas ;  while  to  the  left,  across  the  meadows,  opens  a 
picture  of  a  cpiiet  brook,  and  the  neatly-kept  grounds  and  cot- 
tage of  some  thrifty  farmer. 

N-ar  S  elburne  we  get  a  lovely  view  of  Lake  Champlain  : 
and  a  little  above,  the  cars  pas^  very  ne-^r  to  the  water  side, 
and  we  see  the  fieUl  of  liipiid  nzure  stretching  away  from  our 
very  feet,  with  its  emerald  isles  nestled  cosilv  on  the  broid 
bosom  of  the  lake.  The  purple  peaks  of  the  Adirondiicks  are 
in  full  view  ;  and,  .vith  the  soft  haze  which  covers  their  rugged 
sides,  they  seem  the  enchanted  mountains  of  our  dreams.  '^^ 

Soon  the  bright  picture  fades;  the  shores  of  the  lake  recede; 
and  the  train  dashes  through  tracts  of  woodland  obscuring  the' 
view,  and  giving  only  transient  glimpses  of  the  scenes  we  have 
so  admired.  g 


lU 


TOURISTS'   BASDliOOK. 


Twenty-one  miks  north  of  V.rg.nnes  the  road  pafBo. 
throuRh  Binllngtor,  which  has  betn  previously  relemd  to, 
crobses  the  Wiuooski  River  ju«t  north  of  the  <  ity  an.l  ascen.Js 
the  river  o..  the  nor'V.ern  bu, '.  a*  far  a8  Kwex  Junction. 
North  of  this  Junction,  twenty-four  miles  from  Burlington,  m 

St.  Albani, 
the  great  butU-r  an.l  cheese  market  of  No.thern  Vermont.  It 
was  the  starting  p.int  of  a  Fenian  rr^i.l  int..  Canada  a  few 
years  ago,  and  was  .iltacked  by  robbers  acting  in  syuM-athy  «itl. 
ihe  Confederate  government  during  the  war.  From  ih.s  ,,.ac.- 
»tages  run  to  Mis.is.,uoi  Springs  in  the  town  ot  ^I'^W^"- 

In  the  town  .,f  A.burgh,  «i.xtocn  miles  north  of  St.  Abans, 
are  the  Alburgh  Spring;.,  m.ich  in  favor  among  invalids  lor 
their  curative  powers.  The  iK,wer  and  extent  of  the.r  heal.ng 
qualities  are  well  establislied.  ilighgate  Springs  are  at  ll.gh- 
gate,  the  lat  sUtion  in  Vermont  before  crossing  the  Ime : 
These  also  are  patronized  quite  extensively  by  invaV.ds.  bo.ng 
uorth  Irom  Ilighgate  the  road  crossea  the  Riehel.eu  at  St. 
Johns,  and  thence  passes  on  to  Montreal,  from  which  pomt  we 
proceed  to  Quebec  as  previously  described. 

Across  Vermont  to  the  White  Mountaint. 
Others  of  our  readers,  having  visited  with  us  the  wonderful 
Adirondack  region,  may  prefer  to  give  the  Canadian   resorts 
the  go-by,  and  to  proceed  at  once  to  the  White  Mountains. 
Tley   wUl  cro«  the   lake   from    Plattsburg    to    Burl.ngton. 
whence  via  Essex  Junction  they  will  cross  the  State  of  Ver- 
mont to  AVhite  River  Junction,  thence  up  the  Pa^sumpsic  Road 
to  Wells  River,  Littleton,  and  the  mountains.     From  Lssex 
Junction  the  road  follows  the  valley  of  the  Winooski  River  as 
far  as  Montpelier.     This  stream,  which  is  oiteu  in  view  In  m 
the  car-windows,  is  a  wild,  dasling  current  with  f.e.,uent  falls 
and  rapids.     Camel's  Hump  Mountain,  between  Duxbury  and 
Bolton,  can  be  seen,  sometimes  barely  showing  itsalt  beyond 


interv 
back;; 


.■-*-< 


(a4!i 


At  W 
going  tc 
run  from 
summit  c 

a  new  ho 


!»  the  roa.l  pafsc* 
vioui'ly  retciTud  to, 
the  ( ity  anil  ascends 
as  Essex  Junction, 
roin  Burlington,  i* 


ithern  Vermont.     It 
I  into  Citnada  a  few 
ing  in  syn>i)athjr  witli 
rar.     From  this  place 
*n  of  Sheldon . 
north  of  St.  A  bans, 
auionj;    invalids   for 
stent  of  thfir  liealing 
Springs  are  at  lligh- 
•e  crossing   the    line : 
y  by  invahds.     Going 
the  Riehelieu  at    St. 
from  which  point  we 
•d. 

Mountaiua. 

with  us  the  wonderful 
the  Canadian  resorts 
he  White  Mountains. 
Bburg  to  Burlington, 
sross  the  Stute  of  Ver- 
p  the  Patsunipsic  Road 
untains.  From  Essex 
the  Winooski  River  as 
li  isofttu  in  view  fn  m 
unt  with  tie(iu(nt  falls 
between  Duxbury  and 
showing  itsalf  beyond 


TOU.'tlSTS'  HANDBOOK. 


intervening    peaks,  and    sometimes   forming   the  magnificent 
background  of  a  long  and  wide  valley. 


MOUNT   MANSFIELD    FltOM    WATERBURY. 


At  W  ate,  bury  is  the  stopping-place  for  travellers  who  are 
going  to  Camel's  Hump  and  Alount  Mansfield.  Stages  ore 
run  from  M  aterbury  to  Stowe,  which  is  eight  miles  from  the 
summit  of  Mount  Mansfield.     In  this  town  is  the 

Xoont  Kanifield  Hotel, 
a  new  house  accommodating  four  hundred  guests,  with  large, 


UG 


Tou/iisrs'  iiASLnooK. 


a'ryroon,.  in  .ui..  or  privato  parlor.,  brilliantly  l.iil'tod  w.tl. 
««/,  ...ppliHl  with  livery  nnbl...,  b.mlin);!  al  cy^  croquet 
LuM.lH,  ,A.c,tl.eatr..,.in(l  billiar.1  halls.  A  t.  I.Brapl.  ofl.ce 
U  n.ar  l.v;  nn.l  tie  t.M,  i.  -pre-,.l  with  th.  .■h..,..e^t  .l.-l.eac.e« 


SUMMIT    OF    Mi)VST    MAySFIKLD. 

Of  the  season.     A  good  road  has  b.-en  built  to  ,l>e  l..p  of  tlu. 
.uounlaiu,  over  which  vi^itors  can  be  taken  with  saUty  wuh- 
out  .hange  of  carriages.     The   trip  is   one  of_ gr...    .ntcre> 
presenting  at  every  turn  new  views  of  .no.nUain,  valley,  lake 


and  ri 
in  pra: 
tain,  li 
the  to| 
your  I 
'J'he  V 
Camel 
range 
the  in: 
rania  < 
the 

scrati'l 
fact  hi 
gisto,  V 
Moil 
River, 
I'tivUk 
nishcs 
kept, 
former 
great 
leaves 
foUowt 
to  Whi 

At     t: 

Manvh 
Falls  II 
Uiilroa 
Hurlin< 
long  I): 
Sjieci  d 
C.mad: 
at  all  I 
stop, 
and  is  i 


IK. 

irilliantly  lijil'tod  witli 
vlin^r  alleys,  iroquet 
1.  A  ti  !»'(j;r:ipli  oflicc 
thi>  th<>i<'0''t  ilclicncies 


-.i^fy 


TAysFn:i-i). 


I  built  to  the  lop  of  till' 

taken  with  sality  with- 

is   one  of  ^n-.d  interot, 

)f  inoiinlHin,  valley,  lake, 


Tou/nsrs '  iiAsr>iwoK. 


117 


nnil  river  geenery.  Artists  and  forei^jii  travellers  speak  liinh'y 
in  prai.-e  of  it.  There  is  a  good  hotel  on  thi!  'op  of  tlic  moun- 
tain, live  huiidreil  feet  above  the  8sa  level.  Tlic  views  t'niin 
the  top  arc  ma^nlfii^oiit.  The  entire  Champlain  ^'alley  is  at 
your  feet;  and  the  distant  Adinmdncks  appear  in  the  west. 
The  view  includes  Owl's  Head,  Jay  Peak,  Kellin^'tc.n  P.-ak, 
Caiuers  Iliinip,  Ascutney,  and  the  entire  White  Mrantaiii 
ranjje  in  New  Hampshire.  A  well-known  divine,  in  view  of 
the  marvellous  revelation,  has  well  exclaimed,  "  This  pano- 
rama .  .eds  any  thing  else  on  the  continent."  Deposits  of 
the  .il  period  are  found  at  the  summit,  the  roiks  and 
scrat  lies  made  by  thcni  being  of  frequent  oceunenee  :  the 
fact  has  given  the  place  great  interest  in  the  eyes  of  geolo- 
gists, who  have  vi8ite<l  it  from  every  part  of  the  world, 

Montpelier,  the  capital  of  the  State,  is  on  the  ^Vinooski 
River,  standing  on  what  was  once  the  bed  of  the  lake.  77(c 
J'di'I'wn  Hotel,  in  Montpelier,  is  pleasantly  situated,  fur- 
nishi  s  excellent  hccommodation,  and  is  in  every  respect  well 
kept.  At  Northfield  is  the  Vermont  iHlitary  Institute, 
forsnerly  the  Norwich  Univer.xity.  Dark-colored  slate  of 
great  value  is  (juarried  near  here.  At  Iloxbury  the  road 
leaves  the  Do;,'  River,  a  branch  of  the  Winooski  which  it  Las 
followed  hitherto,  and  strikes  the  AVhite  River,  which  it  follows 
to  White  River  Junction. 

At  lliis  Junction  the  Northern  Railroad  from  Concord  and 
Man'■he^ter,  t'lo  Connecticut  Valley  Railroad  from  Bellows 
Falls  and  places  south,  the  Passump^^ic  and  Connecticut  Rivers 
Rulroad,  and  the  road  over  which  we  have  just  passed  Iroui 
Rurlington.  all  centre.  The  Junction  House  at  this  place  has 
long  been  a  favorite  with  the  travelling  public.  It  oilers 
specid  conveniences  for  those  who  are  travelling  between 
C.inada  and  Boston  or  New  York.  Through  trains  arrive  here 
at  all  hours  of  the  day  and  ni;>ht,  making  sometimes  a  lone 
stop.  This  huus'.!,  which  is  hut  a  (ew  steps  from  the  station, 
and  i.-i  e\ery  way  a  fi  st-rate  hotel,  gives  to  all  travelhrs  needed 


^'^^^res3»!!ayE^t^ 


118 


TovnisTS'  HAnnnooK. 


rest  ami  fan-.     There  ia  a  larj?e  ilining-liall  in  the  itntlon.  well 
mipplii'd  with  all  the  best  provisions  of  the  market.     TdSm'"- 


pors  by  the  first  trail  up  from  Boston,  wliith  arrives  hero 
about  half-past  one,  have  to  wait  liere  long  enough  to  take  a 


lomfo 
kept  I 

Twin 
Frii 
exiiau 
run  n 
HoNloi 
and  M 


ki-pt  I 
place, 
wit.li 

opposl 


p.  AV. 

attraci 


J-^Uii^l^iS  j3l^^.« 


II  in  the  itntlon,  well 
ho  market.     l'.i«8«'ii- 


nt.' 


f 


II,  whith  arrives  here 
ong  enougli  to  take  a 


TOVniSTS'   HANDBOOK. 


110 


I  omfortnble  diniHT  cither  at  tlic  iliiiiiig-hiill  or  the  hott-l.  It  ii 
kfpt  l)_v  Muncrs.  A.  T.  and  O.  F.  liurruii,  thu  itniprietorH  of  the 
Twin  Miiiiiitaiii  mid  Crawford  lloiiMt'!*. 

From  White  Uver  Junction,  the  Utur'st  who  findA  hii  time 
j'xIiausU'd  before  making  the  tour  of  tiie  White  Mountaiiiii, 
van  re'urn  direct  to  Ilo«ton,  I'ia  the  Northern,  Concord,  and 
Huston,  Ix)well,  and  Nashua  Kailroad,  pngsin^  tlirou>,'ii  Concord 
and  Mancliefter  on  the  way.     At  Concord  the 

Ph«niz  KouM, 
kept  by  J.  R.  Crocker,  will  he  found  a  moat  attractive  stopping- 
place.     The  liouso  IS  spacious,  well   arranjied.  and   provided 
with   every  motlern  convenience  and   luxury.      (See   cut   on 
opposite  page.)     At  Manchester  the 

Haialtina  Hottl, 


THE  HASELTINK  HOTEL. 
P.  AV.  Ilaseliine,  E^i.,  proprietor,  is  a  new  and  elegant  hotel, 
attractive  in  its  outward  ap[)earance,  as  will  bo  seen  by  the 


120 


TOURISTS'  IIASnnoOK. 


cut,  an.l  wiiliin  Huppll.-a  with  (.very  luxury  aii.l  cohvimiu'iko  to 
be  foUM.l  in  rttn  m.tr..|...litan  hotel.  Fn.iu  Mai..h.-Ht.T  our 
route  takfh  im  tlut.ii;;!.  N.iiliua,  N.ll.,  a  thriviIl^'  inniuira.tiirin- 
city  on  the  Ni.il.ua  Itiv.-r,  a  brrnich  of  thP  M.rrliunck ;  an.l 
Lowell,  the  fmuous  ■•(.'ity  of  Spindles,"  to  \V,*\w\. 


valley  o 
sij^ht.  . 
route  b( 
Creek,  v 
tant  fro 
thiough 
tween  ^ 
five  thou 
near  this 
a  tie  seen 
pendicul 


anil  convoiiienct'  to 
1)111  Maiuhi'Htcr  our 
iviii^  inniiiiritcliirini; 
II'  Mtrrlranck ;   nml 

l{(l?<tUII. 


CI/APTEli  /.v. 

Route  to  Niagara  Falli. 

<?")  WW^ '^"'"^'^  '"  ^^•'"'Htoi^ii  (itlvn  niiike  a  trip  to 
N'ifi),'irii  I'iill.-,  ('/(}  Solii'iiectaily,  over  tlif  NVw 
Vork  Cintral  Railroad,  anil  return  by  one  of 
tiio  Caiinilian  routoH.  From  Snra(«>f;ii  ,i  riil« 
ot'  thrt'e-iiu  .riers  of  an  hour  bririjr.i  us  t  Sch,.. 
nectady,  the  seat  oC  Ifniou  C(iilef{e,  an  iiicii-nt 
town  on  ihu  Mohawk  River:  then  (he  Iravi-ller 
takes  the  cars  over  the  New  York  Central  l<)r 
>."ia(;ara  Fails,  and  goes  weNtwiird  throii<^li  the 
wealtiiy  atid  jwpulous  State  of  New  York.  For 
nearly  one  hundred  miles  the  road  follows  the 
valley  of  the  Mohawk  ;  and  mneh  of  the  time  the  river  is  in 
sight.  At  Rome  the  road  rt-aches  the  highest  foint  on  thu 
route  between  the  Hudson  River  and  Lake  Ontario  Wood 
Creek,  wl|ich  llowi  into  Lake  Ontiirio,  is  Ie>8  than  a  mile  dis- 
tant from  the  Mohawk  at  this  point.  The  road  passes 
thioujih  Roehester,  the  largest  and  most  inijwrtant  city  be- 
tween Alhany  and  RuflTalo,  having  a  population  of  seventy- 
five  thousand.  The  (Jenesee  Falls,  on  the  Gene.see  River,  are 
near  this  place.  The  river,  within  a  course  of  three  miles,  has 
a  descent  of  iwo  hundred  and  twenty-six  feet,  with  three  per- 
pendicular (alls  of  nini  ty-five,  tw^nly,  and  seventy-five  feet. 

121 


r 


122 


TOURISTS'   HANDBOOK. 


From  the  highest  of  the^e.  the  not««l  Sam  Patch  made  the 
fa...oa«  leap  .hat  ended  hie  life.  The  river  has  worn  a  deep 
channel  into  the  date  stone;  and  in  some  parts  of .!»  .•oi.r.e  tJ.e 
Bteep  rock  ri.es  more  than  three  hundred  feet  above  the  nver 
bed.  From  lljchest^r  one  miy  go  by  the  southern  rorte 
through  B.tavU  and  Butfalo,  o,-  by  the  northern  through  Lock- 
port,  the  la. ter  being  the.  more  cirect.  Eighty  miles  west  from 
Rochester,  the  roid  omes  to  Suspension  Bridge,  two  mi.es 
below  Niagara  Fal  s. 

Hiagara  Village  and  its  Hotalt. 
If  we  are  to  see  the  American  side  first,  and  the  points  ac- 
cessible therelron.  we  will  continue  on  to  the  station  alme,  in 
the  village  directlv  besi.le  the  Falls     There  are  several  hotel. 
..ear  the  station.   The  Cataract  Hou  e  is  close  by  the  bridge  that 
spans  the  narrow  strip  of  w  tter  between  the  shore  and  Goat 
Islan.l;  and  the  International  is  hut  a  Jew  .teps  from  it.     ih.s 
house, cf  wl,ich  Mr.  J.  T.  Fulton,  jun.,  is  iha  proprietor,  is  the 
largest  and  finest  hotel  at  the  Falls,  and  v-ill  compa   ■  favor- 
ably with  any  which  the  tourist  will  visit  at  any  place.      Ihe 
rooms  are  large,  airy,  and  handsomely  furnlshe.l,  many  of  them 
overlooking  the  Rapids,  Goat  Island,  ai,d  th^  Falls;  the  table 
is  uaex.eptionable,  being  supplied  with   all   the   sub.tant.als 
and  luxuries  of  the  season;  the  attendance  i^  excellent,  the 
prhe,  reasonable;  and  everything  about  the  house  is  homelike 
and  enjoyible.     Mr.   Fulton,  though   a  young  man,  has  had 
lon<r  and  valuable  experience  in  the  hotel  business,  and  is  emi- 
nently qualified  for  his  position.    Thj  pp,st  season  he  has  added 
one  of  the-  most  delightful  features  possible  to  h.s  establish- 
ment.    This  is  a  building  -  in  itself  large  enough  for  a  small 
watering-place  hotel -ealled  the  "River   Parlors,"  wh.ch  is 
built  over  and  projecting  directly  into  the  gre^t   Rapids,  near 
the  bridge  to  Bath  Island.    The  building  is  tasteful  in  outward 
appearance;  and  within,  on  the  second  floor,  are  grand  parlors 
overlooking  the  seething  rapils,  and  surrounded  by  balconies, 


m  Pati'h  ma<le  tlie 
Br  has  worn  a  deep 
artsof  i!»  course  tlie 
:eet  above  the  river 
the  southern  rorte 
tliern  through  Loek- 
glity  mll«8  west  from 
J  Bridge,  two  miies 


>tali. 

,  and  tlie  points  ac- 
the  stalion  alwve,  in 
•rc  are  several  hotels 
ose  by  the  bridge  that 
the  shore  and  Goat 
'  steps  from  it.     This 
iha  proprietor,  is  the 
will  compat"  fivvor- 
at  any  place.     The 
nlshcd,  many  of  them 
thi  Falls;  the  table 
all   the   substantials 
ince  i^  excellent,  the 
the  house  is  himelike 
voung  man,  has  had 
il  business,  and  is  emi- 
it  season  he  has  added 
sible  to  his  establish- 
are  enough  for  a  small 
er   Parlors,"  which  is 
the  greit   Rapids,  near 
T  is  tasteful  in  outward 
floor,  are  grand  parlors 
rrouuded  by  balconies, 


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on  which  one  may  sit  at  evening  and  watch  the  ever-changin  » 
mood  of  the  waters,  while  their  roar  resounds  with  mighty  ca- 
dence in  his  ears.  These  parlors  are  splendidly  furnished,  the 
most  exqui^te  taste  and  the  most  costly  fabrics  and  work- 
manship being  displayed.  On  the  same  floor,  and  that  alwve, 
are  eingle  rooms  ami  rooms  en  suite,  also  most  elegantly  ap- 
pointed, which  are  by  many  degrees  the  most  desirable  aleef.ing 
apartments  to  be  found  at  the  Falls.  A  week's  stay  with  Mr. 
Fulton  will  not  be  regretted  by  any  visitor  to  Niagara. 

The  Tonr  of  the  Iilandi. 

The  bridge  to  Bath  Island  has  been  mentioned.     It  is  a  sub- 
stantial iron  Btru'-ture,  crossing  from  the  International  over 
the  Rapids  to  Bath  Island,  on  which  there  is  a  paper  mill  and 
several  small  buildings.     A  similar  but  smaller  bridge  crosses 
to  (Joat  Island.     The  payment  of  fifty  cents  enables  one  to 
make  the  entire  tour  of  the  islands,  or  one  dollar  pays  for  a  ' 
season  ticket.     Goat  Island  is  one  of  the  wonders  of  Niagara. 
It  would  be  a  most  charming  and  picturesque  island  anywhere, 
with  its  noble  growth  of  forest  trees,  its  sylvan  dells,  its  fertile,' 
sunny  openings,  and   its  delightful   shade.      But  here,    sur- 
rounded by  the  mighty  river  rushing  onward  to  its  stupendous 
plunge,  the  island  seems  to  gain  additional  beauty ;  and  new 
wonders  develop  themselves  at  every  visit.     At  the  upper  end 
is  the  vast  expanse  of  the  Rapids  ;  on  either  side  the  marvellous 
Falls,  separated  by  the  island  itself,  which,  on  its  lower  end, 
between  the  Falls,  is  a  bare  precipice  of  rock,  rising  sheer  from 
the  bed  of  the  river  over  a  hundred  and  fiiV  feet  in  height. 
From  Goat  Island  a  small  bridg.i  "rosses  over  the  Central  Fall, 
a  lovely  sheet  of  water,  to  Luna  Islam!,  —  a  tiny  islet  perched 
on  the  very  verge  of  the  precipice,  and  laved  on  either  side  by 
the  Central  and  American  Falls.     At  nearly,  the  opposite  ex- 
trepiity  of  Goat  Island,  a  bridge  is  thrown  across  a  small  por- 
tion of  the  Rapid-.,  to  the  first  of  three  little  islands,  densely 
wooded,  and  ki»own  as  the  Three   Sisters,  other  bri.lges  cou- 


J^SSSVrs-.S.'Jtf- 


124 


TounisTs-  iiisinwoK. 


nwti..-  witl'  tl"'  tw'J  >•'■»»  •'"'"«  '"'*'"'•    ^'^'"  *'*''"''  "  *1''""''"' 
view  of  the   uil^lity  rapi.ls  down   to  tho  c.l;,'e  of  tl.u  ^'ivut 
Ciinadiiiii  Fall,  and  tlie  omUne  of  iU  bol.l  nwee].,  aro  -aine.l. 
At  the  idjc:!  ;ilii> Mt  of  this  tro  nendom  eatanict  iinother  8ui:ill 
foot-l)rid'U'   is  thiowii  across  ii  slend.T  clianm-l  of  water,  to  a 
roeky  prJiuiru-.i.e  i,.  the  vory  eduL.  of  the  Fall  itself.    Here  sto  .d 
Terrai)in    I'ow.t,  a  eircuhxr  otructure  of  stone  forty-five   t  -it 
hi'di.  famous   lor  many  years,  from  the  top  of  wl.ieh  visitois 
could  se.^  the  entire  Falls,  and  even  peer  into  the  depths  of  the 
foaminji  abyss  l..-low.      »ut  last  year,  bein^r  (^eemed  uus  ife.  it 
was  blown  up  ;  and  a  new  and  more  s.ilHianti.-il  sTucture  is  to 
take  its  pla.e.     Even  the  view  of  th.-  llil.i  Is  from  this  point, 
or,  indeed,  from  any  point  o;i  th«  islands,  would  repay  a  visit. 
The  river,  with   its  ini',,'htv  volume  of  w.iter,  pours  over  thi! 
ro.ky  bott.mi,  whi.  h  h.»s  a  rapid  .K-seent.  -  over  fifty  feet  in 
three-<piirters  of  a  niile,-eausinu  a  suceession  of  sin  ill  ca- 
ead.s,  boiling  whirlpools,  and  rushiuj-  channels. 

The  Biddle  Stairs,  and  Cave  ol  the  Wirds. 

On  the  face  of  the   vertical  preLipice  between  tho  falls  a 
woodentower,  enea^ing  a  spiral  .staiica^e,  leads  down    to  the 
bank  of  broken   rofk  and  dChri^,  which  has  evidenily  ialUu 
from  the  clilVs  above,  and  forms  a  narrow  dyke,  sloping'  to  the 
waters  of  the  riv.r.     At  the  foot   of  these  "  Biddle   Stairs"  « 
person  can  emerge   and  walk  for  some  distance  beneath  the 
clili;  almost  ti,  the  fo  .t  of  the  great  Cana-lian   Fall,  and,  by  a 
sucession  of  woo<len  foot-bridges  guarded  by  railings,  into  the 
"  Cave  of  the  Winds."  as  the  space  between   th,.  overhanging 
pecipiee  and  the  sheet  of  water  forming  the   Central    Fall  h 
called.     In  this  cave  the  visitor,  clad  in  rubber  clothing,  and 
wearing   canvas  overshoes   to  i«-event   slipping,  is  drenched 
with    the  spray   \vhich   the  currents  of  air,  drawn   in  by  the 
motion  of  the  water,  and  meeting  in  the  centre,  are  eonstintly 
wbirliii"  in  every  direction,  while  the  tremendous  roar  of  the 
vast  body  of  water,  beating  on  the  ro.ks  beb»v,  makes  every 


-iJi^ 


•A'^a  of  till!  [iivat 
iweeji,  aro  ^'.lined. 
■act  iinother  8ui:ill 
iiH'l  of  water,  to  a 
I  iisiilf    Here  sto  111 
one  forty-five   f-it 
I  of  wliicli  visitois 
,0  tbe  di'ptlis  of  the 
('ei'ined  mis  iff.  ii 
itial  8'riictiiri!  is  to 
Is  from  this  point, 
tiiiM  ri-jiay  a  visit. 
:er,  pours  over  thi; 
—  over  fifty  fcet  in 
ission  of  siiuil  ca^- 
ncls. 

le  Wii  ds. 

)etween   the  fallf,  a 
lends  down    to  tbe 
has  evidi'iiily  fallen 
Jyke,  sloping  to  the 
e  "  Biddle   Stairs"  a 
istance  beneath  the 
ilian   Fall,  and,  liy  a 
1  by  railin;!?,  into  the 
en  th'  ovirban<:ing 
the  Central    Fall  U 
rubber  olotiiing,  and 
,ip|)ing,  is  drenched 
f>ir,  drawn  in  by  the 
•entie,  are  eonstiiiUy 
■mentions  roar  ol'  the 
i  bebw,  makes  every 


CEXTliAL   FALLS.     (Cave  of  the   mmh.) 


126 


TOVniSTS'   HAKDBOOK. 


other  sound  inaudible,  and  nearly  deafen*  the  touiisl.  From  !\ 
vi«it  to  the  "  Cave  of  the  Winds  "  a  person  can  gain  an  idea 
of  the  immense  volune  of  water  eonstanlly  pouiing  over  the 
Falls,  this  Central  Fall  being  bat  a  slender  rivulet  conipand 
with  the  lofty  American  Fall,  itself  cniaU  in  con»parison  with 
the  jireiit  Canadian  Fall.  Near  the  Biddle  Stairs  is  shovn  the 
spot  where  Sam  Patch  is  said  to  have  leaped  from  a  projecting 
staging,  down  into  the  deep  water  below  the  Fall,  and  to  haxe 
come  out  in  safety.  Goat  Island  \i  visited  by  thousands  t ve  y 
year,  the  circuit  of  the  island  being  made  by  carnages,  and  an 
opportunity  given  for  the  occupants  to  dismount  at  each  point 
of  interest. 

Prospect  Park  and  iU  Attraotiona. 

Returning    to  the    Amtrican    there    from  the  tour  of  the 
islands,  we  proceed  down  the  river  bank  a  short  distance  to  n. 
lofty  gateway  inscribed  "  Product  Park."     Here  twenty-five 
cents  admits  a  foot  passengir.     Of  this  Prospict  Park  much 
nonsense  has  been  written  in  the  past  year  or  two,  about  "fen- 
cing in  the  Falls,"  &c.,  and  much  denunciation  of  the  owners 
of  the  land  for  their  greed.     No  doubt  the  State  of  New  Yorls, 
years  ago,  ouj;ht  to  have  re8er>ed  the  lands  lying  along  tl  e 
Falb,  f  8  a  part  of  the  public  domain,  and  made  (.f  them  a  free 
pleasure  park ;  but  the  State  did  nothing  of  the  kind.    It  sold 
grants  of  land  to  the  settlers ;  and  they  have  had  to  do  the 
best  they  could.     When  Niagara  first  became  a  famous  water- 
ing  place,  there  were  no    improvements.      Goat  Island  was 
almost  inaccessible.  There  were  no  means  of  visiting  the  spots 
where  now  the  most  enjoyment  is    found.     By  degrees  the 
islands  have  been  opened  to  visitors,  the  ferry  across  the  river 
eslablifhed,  the  suspension  bridges  constructed.     But  Prospect 
Point— the  projection  of  land  directly  abreast  the  Ameiican 
Fall,  and  from  whit  h  one  could  toss  a  chip  or  even  dip  his  hand 
into  the  very  caUract  —  lemalned  unimproved.  It  was  a  rough, 
rocky,  scrubby  cliff,  covered  with  loose  stones  and  gnarly  trees, 


with  no 

wary  (ii 

a  bonds, 

could  ni 

visitors 

themseh 

have  ( m 

edge  of 

visi'.ors, 

the  rush 

safe  and 

rock)  to 

cleared  i 

&c.     An 

ce..;")  ad 

about  "  i 


A  simi 

and  the  t 

On  this  t 

view  of  t 

below  tht 

fact  that 

ada  shore 

scramble 

stones  ale 

Fall,  and 

Rock,  tht 

Then,  hav 

walk  dow 

Bridge  *'  ( 

eighteen  I 

he  can  ret 

Canadian 

the  Amerl 


the  toui  i»l.  From  !x 
I  can  gain  an  iilea 
ly  poui  ing  over  the 
sr  rivulet  coinpan-d 
in  comparison  with 
:  Stairs  is  shov^  n  the 
Bd  from  a  projecting 
he  Fall,  and  to  ha\  e 
by  thousands  «vey 
by  carnages,  an<l  an 
nount  at  each  point 

stiona. 

"om  the  tour  of  tlie 
I  short  distance  to  a 
"  Here  twenty-five 
i'rosptct  Park  much 
jr  or  two,  about "  fen- 
iation  of  the  owners 
B  State  of  New  Yorls, 
nds  lying  along  tl  e 

made  <-f  them  a  free 
of  the  kind.     It  sold 

have  had  to  do  the 
same  a  famous  water- 
8.  Goat  Island  was 
8  of  visiting  the  spots 
nd.  By  degrees  the 
ferry  across  the  river 
ructed.  But  Prospect 
.breast  the  Ameiicau 
p  or  even  dip  his  hand 
iroved.  It  was  a  rough, 
ones  and  gnarly  trees, 


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127 


with  no  wall  or  railing  even  at  the  brink,  to  prevent  the  un- 
wary f.om  fa/ling  over;  infested  by  peddlers,  Indians,  and  vag- 
abonds, and  having  no  conveniences  for  the  visiter.     The  land 
could  not  le  madv.  productive  to  the  owners ;  for  the  hosts  of 
visitors  would  constantly  overrun  it.     So  the  owners  associated 
themselves,  and,  at  an   ex|«n8e  of  several  thousand   dollars, 
have  inclosed  the  Point,  built  a  solid  and  sate  wall  along  the 
edge  of  the  piei.ipice  and  on  the  bi.je  towards  the  Fall.eo  that 
visitors,  even  childnn,  can  tit  with  perfect  safety  directly  over 
the  rushing  torrent,  and  gaze  into  its  foamy  depths ;  built  a 
safe  ami  rapid  inclined  railway  (in  a  tunnel  through  the  solid 
rock)  to  the  water's  edj^e  below  the  fall,  built  summer  houses, 
cleared  and  beautified  the  grounds,  supplied  them  with  scats, 
&c.     And  because,  for  the  enjoyment  of  all  this,  twent)-five 
ce..ts  adraissioM   is  charged,  a   howl  has    gone    up,  fbisootb, 
about  "  fencing  in  the  Falls." 

Across  the  Elver  to  the  Canadian  Fall. 

A  similar  fee  pays  for  the  descent  of  the  inclined  railway, 
and  the  ferry  passage  across  the  river  to  the  Caiadian  shore. 
On  this  trip,  which  is  made  in  a  barge,  one  has  a  magnificeut 
view  of  the  whole  of  the  Falls  at  once,  looking  up  from  the  river 
below  them,  which  is  bete  not  broad  but  very  deep,  so  deep  in 
fact  that  the  water  appears  a  dark  green.     liiaching  the  Can- 
ada shore,  one  can  ascend  a  road  to  the  bank  above,  or  can 
scramble  (if  he  be  ^o  minded,  and  have  thick  bcots)  over  the 
stones  alcnj;  the  water's  edge  to  the  loot  of  the  great  Canadian 
Fall,  and  ascend  the  stone  stairs  which  formerly  led  to  Table 
Rock,  the  giant  remains  of  which  we  pass  in  our  scrainb'-. 
Then,  having  viewed  the  Falls  from  the  Canadian  ade,afchort 
walk  down   the   river   brings    us   to    the  "  New    Suspension 
Bridge  •'  (for  carriages  and  foot  passengers  only)  which  crosses 
eighteen  hundred  feet  below  the  American  Fall  and  by  wl  ich 
he  can  return  to  this  side.     The  towers  of  this  bridge  on  the 
Canadian  side  are  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet  high,  and  on 
the  American  side  one  hundred  and  six  feet. 


j^28  TOUniSTS'   HANMiOOK. 

The  Great  fluipenslon  Bridge,  and  the  View  Thenoe. 

But  tlie  Suspension  Bridge  known  the  worM  over  as  one  of 
the  greatest  achievements  of   engineering  A\\\  is  two  mile, 
below   the  Fails.     Its  length   is  eight  hnn.lre.l  feet,  and   its 
height  above  the  water  two  hundred  and  sixt  v--ight  feet.     Tlie 
tow^ers  are  sixty  six  feet  high  ;  and  each  of  the  four  main  cables 
Bupi)orting  the  britlge  is  nine  in.hes  in  diameter,  and  oo:nposed 
of  tioht,  thousand  wires.    There  is  a  carriage  and  foot  way 
twentj-ei<'l.t  feet  below  the  railroad  track.     One  mile  oelow 
the  Su-prnsion  Bridge  the  river  widens,  and  gives  a  sud.len 
turn,  i,o  that  the  waters  are  forced  along  in  an  immense  seeth- 
ing, heaving  whirlpool.     A  mile  below  the  Whirlpo:il  is  the 
Devil's  Hole,  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  deep,  and  two  acres  m 
extent.     The  carriage  road  runs  right  up  to  the  margin  of  the 
abyss,  so  that  without  leaving  a  carriage  one  may  look  down 
into  it.     From  the  Suspension  Bridge  a  splen.lid  view  ot  th,! 
entire  Falls  is  gained.    It  is   like  a  panorama  or  a  bird's-eye 
view,  so  complete,  yet  so  reduced  by  distance  ;  and  many  think 
it  the  finest  view  that  can  be  anywhere  gained   of  the  great 
wonder,  Niagara.     At  the  Suspension  Bridge,  the  waters  of 
the  river  are  compressed  into  a  nari-ow  gorge,  with  high  per- 
pendicular cliffs  for  banks.     From  thoir  top  one  can  look  down 
two  hundred  and  forty  feet  to  the  surface  of  the  water.     Ihc 
bottom  of  the  stream  is  probably  as  much  farther  down  -,  at 
any  rate,  the  water,  from  its  immense  deiith,  looks  as  darkly 
•rreen  as  the  ocean  itself.     Much  denunciation  has  been  wasted 
on   Niagara    hatel-keepsrs,  Niagara    haek.nen,  and  Niagara 
swindles  generallv  ;  and  it  is  mainly  bTsud  on  ignorance  or  in- 
justice.    The  hotel  charges  are  no  higlier  than  at  any  other 
prominent  summer  resort;  there    are  no  more  "extras;"  the 
f>es  for  seeing    the    wonders  are  — as  we  hive  seen— very 
reasonable,  considering  the  attractions;  and  the  charges  of  the 
hack-drivers  are  (luite  moderate,  if  one  be  not  ovsr-tlush  with 
his  money  at  the  outset.     The  hackmen  are  all  licensed  by  the 


corpon 

or  incii 

dollars 

one  arc 

doMars 

are  pet 

jewelry 

obliged 

the  Fal 

inemeni 

same  cl 

dian  sh 

Prospec 

are  prei 

"  Bende 

The  r 

with  the 

Lundy's 

are  noai 

the  rivei 

tion  on  ] 

one  huni 


Danie 
1825,  an 
been  ofte 
producti( 
changed 

"  Lake 
Lake  On 
one  perc( 
the  way  i 
below  the 
Lake  £ri 


ITiew  Thence. 

n'lil  over  as  one  of 
skill  is  two  railei* 
ii'.red  feet,  and  its 
t,v-''i;;htfcct.  Tlie 
;hi'  ('Diirmaincabli's 
letcr,  sintl  ooinposod 
ria^e  and  foot  way 
One  mile  oelow 
inil  pives  a  sudden 
I  an  inmienae  seeth- 
e  Whirlpool  13  the 
ep,  and  two  acres  in 

0  the  margin  of  tbe 
me  may  look  down 
pli-ndid  view  of  th.! 
•aina  or  a  bird's-eye 
ice  ;  and  many  think 
rained   of  the  gieat 
•idge,  the  waters  of 
irge,  with  high  per- 
p  one  can  look  down 
!  of  the  water.     The; 
ch  farther  down  -,  at 
pth,  looks  as  darkly 
ition  lias  been  wasted 
■kiucn,  and  Niagara 

1  on  ignorance  or  in- 
er  than  at  any  other 
)  more  "  extras ; "  the 
,ve  hive  seen  — very 
and  the  charges  of  the 
ic  not  ovar-tlush  with 
ire  all  licensed  by  the 


TOUniSTS'   IIAXDDOOK.  ^    J 

corporation  of  the  village;  and  any  complaint  of  over-ei.arge 
or  incivility  will  secure  the  revocation  of  a  license.     For  two 
dollars  (and  the  gate-fees)  a  good  carriage  can  b'.  had  to  take 
one  aro.md  the  island,  and  through  I'rosnect  Park;  for  five 
doHars  two  persons  can  ride  all  the  forenoon.     Of  course  there 
are  petty  swin.lles  in  the  httle  shops  fo.  the  .ale  of"  Tabl<vrock 
jewelry,"  Indian  head-work,  feUher  fans,  etc.;  but  no  one  is 
obliged  to  buy  them.     And  excellent  stereoscopic  views  of 
the  tails,  which  are  decidedly  the  prettiest  and  most  useful 
inementoe.  to  bring  away,  can   be  bought  as  cheaply  as  the 
same  class  of  goods  in  New  York  or  Boston.     On   the   Cana- 
dian shore  the  principal    hotels   are  the    Clifton  Hjuse,  the 
I'rospect  House,  and  the  Pavilion.     Varied  views  of  the  Falls 
are  presented  on  this  «de ;  an.l  among  ohcr  attraction,  are 
■  Bender's  Cave  "  an  I  the  "Burning  Spring." 
•      The  neighborhood  is  full  of  historic  associations  connected 
with  the  last  war  with  (iieat  Britain.     Fort  Erie,  Chippewa, 
Lundy  s  Lane,  and  many  other  scenes  of  hard-fou-ht  battles, 
arc  near.     Lewiston  and  QueenstoTrn  are  on  opposite  sides  of 
the  nver,  seven  miles  below  the  Falls,  at  the  head  of  naviga- 
tion on  Lake  Ontario.     At  Queenstown  is  Brock's  monument, 
one  hundred  and  eighty-five  feet  high. 

Daniel  Webster's  Famous  Description. 

,.?.''"''VJ'^''^''''  '^^«*="Pti°°  of  Niagara  Falls,  written  in 
1825,  and  found  in  vol.  ii.,  p.  385,  of  his  correspondenee,  has 
been  often  (juoted  ;  a.id  some  passages  from  it  are  worthy  of  re- 
production  here,  though  many  things  which  he  describes  are 
changed  since  1825 :  — 

"Lake  J]rie  is  three  hundred  and  thirty  feet  higher  than 
Lake  Ontario;  but,  in  descending  the  river  from  Lake  Erie, 
one  perceives  no  very  great  descent,  although  the  current  is  all 
the  way  rapid,  till  we  get  nearly  down  to  the  Falls.  A  little 
below  the  village  of  Black  Rock,  perhaps  about  five  miles  from 
Lake  En^,  the  river  divides  into  two  channels,  forming  a  large 


J 30  TOVntSTS'   HANDBOOK. 

island  in  the  centre  eallea  Grand  hh,  about,  twelve  n.i...  iong 
and    n  ...e  pla.e.  «i.  or  seven   broad.     This  .sand  ternu- 
nates.and  .h«  two  channels  unite  again,  ju.t  '^f  the     ead  <. 
what  are  calle.l  the  llapid.,  a  mde  or  a  ,mle  an.l  a  1  all  above 
the  Kreat  Falls.     These  rapids  are  a  succession   of  .asuarie 
spreading  over  the  whole  river,  of  different  and  vanous  be  ght^ 
a  ul  appearances,  ren.lering  the  whole  breadth  of  the  stream 
(which  is  here  not  less  than  two  miles)  wh..«  w.th  ioa.n.    They 
would  fortn  a  fine  object,  if  there  were  nothing  n^"'- ^^  '^-»;»^; 
attention   another   way.      Midway   of   these   .ap.-ls    s   C..a 
Island,  which  divides  the  river  into  two  unequal  l«^rt8,  about 
one-third  in  brea.lth  being  on  the  eastern  or  A"~ J'^^' 
an,l  two-thirds  en  the  Uritish.     lids  island  runs  down  to    he 
very  brink  of  the  Falls,  and  there  terminates  m  a  perpen.hc- 
uhu  precipice  (a  «all  of  v.ck),  which  is  part  of   the   same 
^eat  declivity  over  which  the  river  pours.     Th.s  island  thus 
divides  the  river,  so  that  it  falls  over  the  prec.p.ee  in  two 
sheets.     The  length  of  Uic  fall  on  the  American  side  is  esti- 
ited  at  three  hundred.and  eighty  yards ;  /l-  distance  aero, 
the  end  of  Goat  Island  three  hundred  and  thtrty  yards    tit 
Icncrth  of  the  fall  on   the  British  side  seven  hundred  yards. 
The  fall  is  thought  to  be  the  highest  on  the  American  s.de  be- 
ing there  one  hundred  and  sixty-live  feet,  and  on  the  Bnt.sl 
Je  one  hundred  and  fifty.     Vastly  the  g'-fef  port. on  of 
water  (three-fourths,  or  even  more)  runs  on  the  British  s  de 

.  I  have  seen  no  description  which  correctly  represents  U.e 
line  of  these  Falls.  From  the  end  of  Lake  Ene  to  Lewiston, 
wWch  i^^even  miles  below  the  Falls,  the  surface  of  the  earth  .. 
uncommonly  level;  but  here  at  Lewiston  is  a  great  descent 
from  the  level  of  Lake  Erie  to  that  o  Lake  Ontario.  A  >  ou 
descend  the  river  from  Lake  Erie'and  approach  the  l"  alls,  the 
Zr  seems  to  fall  away  from  your  feet,  and  to  p.^h  ng 
down  into  the  earth.  Many  miles  before  you  reach  the  I  all 
ylsee  the  mist  or  spray  rising  like  a  cloud ;  but  th.s  does  not 
eem  to  be  rising  from  the  earth  into  the  air  as  much  .8  from 


th'!  cent 
from  thi 
seven  in 
one  huti( 
pcr|jendi 
that  the 
now  are 
away  thi 
si  lion. 

"  In  d< 

l.ill,  or  w 

one  bund 

makes  in 

<iown  thii 

head  of  t 

I  ween  th 

ured  wit! 

towards  I 

expected! 

and  seem 

broken  ri( 

forward  t( 

see.    The 

stream  cr 

onward,  a 

water's  ed 

the  bank ; 

Going  alor 

thought  th 

can  Fall 

Island,  am 

farther  to 

which  will 

to  look  at 

where  it  fa 


welvo  niiiui-  iong 
liig  iBlaml  termi- 

at  the  head  »t' 
ind  a  liiilf  alxjvo 
jsion   of  cascades 
J  various  bi-ights 
ih  cf  the  stream 
with  i'oain.    They 
ig  near  to  call  the 
>   lapids  IB  tioat 
Miual  parts,  about 
)r  American  side, 
•una  down  to  the 
:s  in  a  jHjriiendic- 
part  of  the   same 

This  island  thus 

precipice  in  two 
rican  side  is  esti- 
ihe  distance  across 

thirty  yards;  tlie 
>n  hundred  yards. 
American  side,  be- 
nd on  the  IJritislk 
rreatest  iwrtion  of 
1  tlie  British  side, 
ictly  represents  tlie 

Erie  to  Lewiston, 
rface  of  the  earth  is 
is  a  great  descent, 
e  Ontario.  As  you 
•oach  the  Falls,  the 
and  to  pitch  right 
rou  reach  the  Falls 
d  ;  but  this  does  not 
lir  as  much  p8  from 


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th.  centre  of  the  earth  to  the  surface :  it  appears  to  be  con.ine 
fro...  the  ^rroun.l.  From  the  bottom  of  the  Falls  to  Lewiston 
seven  m.lcs.  tN.  whole  channel  of  the  river  is  one  ^reat.  troi.«h 
one  hundred  or  one  hundre.l  and  f.fVy  feet  deep,  with  sides  of 
per,^nd,cularn..k.  This  h.s  piven  .urrency  to  the  opinion 
that  the  tails  were  once  seven  miles  lower  down  than  they 
now  are,  and  that  the  force  of  the  water  in  time  has  worn 
away  the  rocks,  and  forced  the  Falls  back  to  their  present  po- 

"Inde.ce..di„gtoget  a  nearer  view,  we  j;o  -low,,  a  steep 
Inil,  or  what  may  be  called  the   upper  part  of  the  bank,  about 
one  hund.ed  .eet.     This  is  about  as  much  dencent  as  the  river 
makes  .n  the  Itapids  above  the  Falls;  so  that,  having  con.e 
.io<»n  this  distance,  we  are  on  a  level  with  the  water  at  the 
head  of  the  Falls.     There  are  several  a.res  of  flat  land  be- 
tween the  foot  of  this  hill  and  the  wate.'s  edge,  thickly  cov- 
ered will,   trees  and  shrubbery.     A   plank  walk  leads   aloi.g 
towards  the  river.     The  wate.-  is  seen  rather  suddenly  and  un 
expectedly  throuj;h  a  vista  or  avenue  of  trees.     It  is  nearly 
and  seems  to  be  quite,  on  your  own  level.     Great  and  un-' 
broken  ri.ijres  come  hastening  a..d  boundin;,'  along,  and  rush 
forwar,   to  the  precipice,  which  as  yet  the  Poectator  does  not 
see.    The  n.agn.tude,  the  strength,  and  the  hurry  of  the  n.ijrhty 
stream  create  deep  and   instant  consternation.      Proceeding 
onward,  and  turning  a  little  down  the  stream,  we  come  to  the 
water'.s  edge  at  the  top  of  the  fall.     The  water  is  even  with 
the  bank  ;  and  we  can  wash  our  hands  with  safety  in  the  river 
Going  along  on  die  Table  Rock,  we  have  what  is  generally 
thought  the  best  view  of  the  Falls;  fronting  us  is  the  Ame-i- 
can  Pall  and  the  little  cascade;  fa.ther  to  the  right.  Goat 
island,  and  the  commencement  by  it  of  the  British  Fall  ■  and 
farther  to  the  right  is  the  g.eat  circular  fall,  or  Horse  Shoe 
which  will  hardly  allow  the  eyes  to  bo  withdrawn  long  enough 
to  look  at  any  thing  else.     You  may  stand  by  the  water  just 
where  .t  falls  off;  and  if  your  head  does  not  swim  you  may  pro- 


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TOUiusTs  •  ii.isnnooK. 


re.Ml  tr,  t1     brink  ,.f  T  >l.l.)  ILn-k,  and  look  down  into  the  pul 
beacath.     Tl.i.  m  all  Irodi  an.l  foan,  «ud  8,>ray  :  r.syou  itand 
here  it  lookH  as  if  «J1  H.e  watvr  of  .h.  .l..!-  w...  coll  .-tod 
roun.l  .hiH  oircle,  an.l  pouring  down  I.er.  into   ih.,  lenl  v,  o« 
the  oiirih.     As  wo  ntfxxl   t..-diiy  at  notn,  on  tl.e   proj.  clinj? 
point  at  Table  lW;k,  we  l.H.k.d  over  into  tl..^  aby^H ;  an.  ,  far 
bM.eath  our  Icet,  arcbe.l  over  tbi»  lre.nendou«  RK«.e^al«  <> 
water,  we  saw  a  perfect  and  .-adinnt  rainbow.     Thi.  ornament 
of  hciiven  do..8  not  »ecni  out  of  place  in  b.inj?  l.all  way  ..p  the 
,hcctof  M,«j.|..riou8  cataract:  it  looked  a«  if  the  nkles  them- 
«el7«s  paid  horaaKC  to  this  stupen.lou.  work  ot  nature. 

"  vLx    Table   llock,  or   a  litMo   farth  -r  down,  a   w.nd.ng 
staircase  is  eonstru.tcd,  ,lown  whi.h  we  descend  fn.m  the  level 
of  T  Sk  U.K-k,  ninety  five  feet.     'Y\m  brings  us  to  the  bottom 
0'  r.,  p,rpendicular  rock'  an.l  from  this  place  we   descend 
fifty  or  sixty   feet  fardur,  over  large  fragments  of  ro.k  and 
other  substanc'3,  down  to  the  e  Ige  of  the  river.     1.  at  the  tot- 
tom  of  the  staircase  (i.>stead  of  descending  farther)  we  choose 
to  tur.,  to  the  ri;.hl  a..d  go  up  the  s.ream,  keeping  close  at  the 
foot  of  Table  Uock  or  the  perpe..dicular  b  u>k,  we  poon  get  to 
the  foot  of  the  fall,  an.l  approiich  the  edge  of  the  falling  ma.s. 
It  is  easy  to  go  in  behind  lor  a  little  distar.e  between  the  fal- 
ling water  and  a.c  ro.k  over  whicU  it  is  precipitated.     Ih.s 
cannot  be  done,  however,  without  being  entirely  wet.     I  r.  m 
wilh:n  this  cavern  there  issues  a  wind,  occasionally  very  strong 
and  brincnng  with  it  such  showers  u.^d  torrents  of  spray  that 
we  are  s^n  as  wet  as  if  we  had  come  over  the  Falls  w,.h  the 
water.     As  near  to  the  fali  in  this  place  as  you  can  well  come 
is  perhaps  the  spot  on  which  t„e  mind  is  most  deeply  unpresst-d 
viih  the  whole  scene.     Over  our  h.ads  hangs  a  iearful  ro.|k, 
projecting  like  an  unsupported  pia^a.    Before  us  is  a  hurly- 
Lly  of  waters  too  deep  to  be  fathomed,  too  irregular  to  be 
described,  shromled  in  too  much  mist  to  be  clearly  seen:  water, 
vapor,  foam,  and  atmosphere  are  all  mixed  uptogel-her  m  sub- 
lime confusion.     By  our  side,  down  comei  this  worhl  of  green 


down  into  the  pull' 
ij.rny  :  !»  you  Maml 
,\„\n'  wim  coll  ctoil 

into  iht!  iciil  v,  oJ' 
I,  on  tht!   pioj'  Clint? 

tl>''  aby»H;  an>',  far 

Mulous    RKJ?"«'}ialC    of 

)v».     This  ornament 
ii\n^  Irillway  up  the 
«  if  tiic  »klu8  thcm- 
•k  of  nature, 
■"i-  down,  a   winding 
I'scend  from  the  level 
iigrt  us  to  tiie  bjttom 
B  place  wo   descend 
i(j;inents  of  rock  and 
river,     li  at  the  lH)t- 
ig  farther)  we  diooae 
,  keeping  close  at  the 
b  uik,  we  poon  get  to 
;c  of  the  falling  nia-is. 
ivi:e  between  the  fal- 
ls prtcipitated.     This 
r  entirely  wet.     Fnni 
!ca»ii.niil!y  very  strung, 
torrents  of  spray,  that 
ver  the  Falls  with  the 
as  you  can  well  come, 
most  deeply  impressed 
hangs  a  i'earful  roik, 
Before  us  is  a  hurly- 
ed,  too  irregular  to  be 
be  clearly  seen :  water, 
ted  up  together  in  sub- 
163  this  worhl  of  green 


TounrsTs'  HAsnnooK. 


133 


and  white  waters  ami  pours  info  the  invisible  ahyw.  A 
steady,  unvarying,  low-toned  ro;,r  tluii.ders  incc»!.a>.tly  upon 
(Mir  ears.  As  we  I<K)k  -ip  we  think  some  8u:!den  disaster  lias 
..|)eM0d  the  scan,  and  that  all  their  floo<ls  arc  ,.o„,ing  down 
i.jwn  us  at  onco;  l.nt  we  soon  rocollect  that  what  we  m-e  is  not 
a  su.id.n  or  viol.nt  exln  .ition.  l„.t  the  pcrnia-u-rt  and  uniform 
character  o(  th(!  object  which  we  contemplate.  There  the 
grand  specta.k'  has  stoo<l  for  ( ent.iries,  -  from  the  .  reation.  as 
fiir  a.s  w..  know,  without  .hinge.  From  the  he -innin^r  it  has 
.•^l.ake.,  as  it  now  .Iocs  fliccarlh  and  the  air;  an.l  its  u.rvarying 
thunder  existed  before  there  were  human  ears  to  hear  it.  lie- 
lleclions  like  thes,-  on  the  durati.m  and  permaMcncv  of  .his 
pnn.l  ol.jeet  naturally  arise,  and  cmtribtte  much  to  the  d.'ep 
(eei.ng  whi.h  the  whole  scene  produces.  We  cannot  help  be- 
ing struck  with  a  sense  of  the  iiisi.M,;*icance  of  man  rnd  all 
his  works  compa-ed  with  what  is  before  us." 


T 


CIIAPTUR  X. 
Acroa.  Lak«  Ontavio.  and  dowa  the  8t.  Lawrence  to  Moutr.al. 
KAVIN(J   Niagara,   an    onviabU-   portion    o{    our 
.    oun  ..y  i.  tha?  to  Montreal,  by  tl.e  St.  Lawn-no.- 
■    U      r     Two  routes  may  ».o  chosen.  -  .n.  Uv  ra.l 
..  Kingston  c,r  lVe.H,.t,  tU-noc  by  H.-an.er  <  own 
U,e  St.  !  awrcnre;  the  other  by  boat  a.-m.s  I-akc 
'tario.  and  down  the  river.     Tho.e  wl,o  .U..ro 
o..  are  compelled  by  urgency  of  tune  can   nu 

„n  all-ran  trip   from   Toronto   to  Mon.re,.       1  n  t 
tbey  will  lose  the  ehar-ning  scen.ry   ot   iht   .  t. 
Laurence  and 'he  Thousand  I.lard.     But    ;:-:-- 

nunic  view  of  the  Lake  and  the  St.  Lawrence,  wdl  be  foun 
useful  an.l  valuable. 

Dovm  the  Hlagara  Slver. 

•  •*  'r.,,.r.ntn-  mid  to  "Ct  there  take   ii 
T«  nitlipr  case  we  visit    loronto,  anu   lu  ^vu 

the  stream  much  oi  im  w»yi  '"  " 

134 


the  h 

weli-1 

(Irod 

ton,  n 

this   I 

lir.)k( 

pram 

the  bi 

Hrltii 

|)rciiei 

wnn  I 

'Hi.-  ^ 

on  th< 

are   |i 

base  < 

ten  fc 

feet,  1 

liond' 

top  ot' 

ch;in<; 

freest 

whirh 

wroujj 

itat  i.< 

dred  i 

the  to 

Tal 

we  an 

of  whi 

the  "  ' 

Unite 

river'' 

iu<r  as 

part  o 

betwe 


aK 


wreaoe  to  Montreal. 

nhle   portion    "f    oiir 
by  tlie  St.  Lawrt-ncc 
c-lnscn,  —  (•">•  '»y  f'^'' 
inco  by  stcnmer  down 
by  btmt  in'io'^a  I.aki' 
r.     Tliof^e  wlio  (k'siro. 
i-y  of  time,  can  make 
,to   to  Montreal ;  Init 
,g  scenery   of  I  ho   St. 
But,  whiclii-vir  wiiv 
•1.11  on  Col.  E.  HiirluT. 
•funk  Railway  nixl  tbf 
irill  be  fomiil  a  ;;tnial 
explaining  tlif    rouie. 
irij),  ineludinp  a  pane- 
.awrence,  will  be  found 


Iver. 

d  to  jict  there  take  ii 
(rara  lliver,  overlooking 
on,  which  is  eituated  «t 


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135 


the  head  of  navijxation  on  the  lower  Niannra,  and  in  a  picmant. 
wt'Ii-biiill  villa};!-.     QiKt>n»ilown  in  a  village  of  alioiit  two  liiin- 
drod  iidiabitantn,  on  the  Canadian  >idr,  nearly  opposite  Luwin- 
ton,  anil  wan  ihn  setne  of  a  lialtlu  in  the  war  of  l«l'.'.     Near 
this   |)oiiit   the   river  bcconifH   more   traiiipiil,   tin-   HJioreH   1c«h 
iirjkcn    anil    wiM,    and    the    Becnery    clmnjjcs     from    rii^^ed 
p-andi'iir  to  beauty.     On   Ciiieeimtown    Heii;lilM,  the  «( one  of 
tli(^  liattle,  sliinds  Urock'n  tnoniiim-nt,  erected   in    honor  of  the 
llritinh  H''>'0''al   who  .sn   gallantly  defindcd    the    place.      The 
present  structure  weupien  the  »lte  of  the  former  one,  which 
waH  Mown  up  by  Home  ndw'reant  on  thr    17th  of  April,  IHIO. 
'Ilic  whole  edifice  is  fom' hundred   and  ei;;hty-(ive   fijet   high: 
on  the  Hul)-baMe,  which  \*  forty  feet  wpiare  and  thirty  feet  high, 
are  pliicccl  four  lions,  facing  north,  Houtli,  cunt,  and  west;  the 
base  of  the  |)cdcKtal  i.i  twenty-one  and  a  half  (i!ct  .sipiare  and 
ten  feet  high ;  the  pedestal  itself  is  ei.xtoen  feet  si)u>ire  ami  ton 
feet  higli,  suruiounted  with  a  heavy  cornice,  oruamcnte<l  with 
lion.s'  lieatl.s,  and  wreaths,  in  alti>-reliei>u.     In  ascrcnding  from  tin 
top  of  the  pele!<tal  to  the  U)p  of  the  ba"e  of  the  shaft,  the  form 
changes  from  «piare  to  r.)und.     The  fhafl  is  a  lluled  column  of 
fri'cstone,  seventy-live  feet  high  and  ti'n  feet  in  diameter,  on 
which  stands  a  Cjrintliian  capital,  ten  feet  high,  whereon   is 
wrought,  in  relief,  a  statue  of  tiie  goddess  of  War.   On  thi.s  c;ip- 
ital   is  tho  dome  nine  feet  high,  which  is   reached  by  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  spiral  steps  from  tho  base,  on   the  inside.     On 
the  top  of  tho  dome  is  placed  a  colossal  statue  of  (ion.  Hr(x;k. 
Taking  the  little  steamer  "  City  of  Toronto  "  at  Lewiston, 
we  are  soon  steaming  down  the  Niagara  Hiver,  on  both  banks 
of  which  are  points  of  historic  interest,  dating  Irom  the  days  of 
the  "  Old  French  War,"  as  well  as  the  last  war  between  the 
United  States  and  Great  Britain.     Fort  Niagara  stands  at  tie 
river's  mouth,  on  the  American  side.   There  are  many  interest- 
ing associations  connected  with  the  spot,  as,  duiing  the  earlie:* 
part  of  the  past  century,  it  was  a  scene  of  many  severe  conflicts 
between  the  whites  and  the  Indians,  and  sub^ecpiently  between 


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136 


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the  English  and  the  French.  The  names  of  the  hero,c  La 
Salle,  the  .  ourtly  De  Nonville.  and  the  gallant  Pndeaux  w.ll 
lon.^  retain  a  place  in  the  history  of  this  country.  The  v,  lage 
adjacent  to  the  fort  is  called  Youn,;P^own,  m  honor  of  its 
founder,  the  late  John  Young,  Esq.  Niagara  .9  one  r,  the  old- 
est towns  in  Upper  Canada,  and  wa.  formerly  the  cap.tal  of 
the  province.  It  is  situated  -.vhere  the  old  town  of  Newark 
Pt  J,  and  is  opposite  to  Young.to«n  It  faces  the  r.ver  on 
one  4lo,  «nd  Lai  e  Ontario  on  the  other.  The  trade  of  this 
nlace  has  b.en  diverted  to  St.  Catharines  since  the  cou.plet.on 
of  the  Welland  Canal;  and  the  other  towns  upon  the  Niagara 
River  have  suff.red  in  common  from  the  same  cause. 


Across  the  lake  to  Toronto. 

Leavincr  Nhigara,  we  steam  across  the  western  end  of  Lake 
Ontario,  and  soon  arrive  at  Toronto,  the  capital  city  m  Upper 
Canada,  which  is  situated  on  an  arm  of  Lake  Ontario,  thirty- 
8i.K  miles  from  the  mouth  of  Niagara  River.     This  city  was 
formerly  called  Little   York.     The  first  survey»wa9  made  in 
1793.     Toronto  Bay  is  a  beautiful  inlet  separated  from  the 
main  body  of  Lake  Ontario,  except  at  its  entrance,  by  a  long, 
narrow,  sandy  beach.     The  south-western  extremity  is  called 
Gibraltar  Point.     The  population,  in  1817,  was  twelve  hun- 
dred ;  but  at  the  present  time  it  amounts  to  about  sixty  thou- 
sand.    With  a  similar  progress  fur  a  few  years  to  come,  the 
ropulation  of  thlE  city  will  be  second  to  none  in  British  Amer- 
ica.    Among  the  principal  buildinjrs  of  Toronto  are  a  uni- 
versity and  a  cathedral.     One  of  the   ecclesiastical   edifices 
deserves  especial  notice, -the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  a 
handsome  structure,  erected  by  i  donation  of  five  thousand 
pounds  from  some  liberal  person  from  England,  on  condition 
that  the  whole  of  the  seats  should  be  free.    The  Elgin  A.so.ia- 
tion,for  improving  the  moral  and  religious  condition  of  ine 
co'ored  population   is  amo'..g  the  most  useful  institutions  of  ihe 


of  the  heroic  La 
lant  Pruleaux,  will 
rnitry.  The  village 
n,  in  honor  of  its 
ra  is  one  r.i"  the  old- 
lerly  the  capital  of 
(1  town  of  Newark 
,  faces  the  river  on 

The  trade  of  this 
ilnce  the  completion 
IS  upon  the  Niagara 
inie  cause. 


to. 

estern  end  of  Lake 
apital  city  in  Upper 
,ake  Ontario,  thirty- 
iver.     This  city  was 
lurvey^was  made  in 
separated  from  the 
entrance,  by  a  long, 
extremity  is  called 
17,  was  twelve  hun- 
to  about  sixty  thou- 
V  years  to  come,  the 
one  in  British  Amer- 
Toronto  are  a  uni- 
icclesiastical  edifices 
'  the  Holy  Trinity,  a 
ion  of  five  thousand 
ngland,  on  condition 
The  Elgin  Associa- 
ious  condition  of  I'ne 
iful  inBtituiions  of  ihe 


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place.  That  stupendous  undertaking,  the  Grand  Trunk  Rail- 
way of  Canada,  passes  through  Toronto,  and  promises  a  splen- 
did future  for  Toronto  and  its  ^.'ster  citii's. 

Down  Lake  Ontario  to  the  St.  Lawrence. 
From  Toronto,  where  we  transfer  ourselves  to  a  much  lar- 
ger and   finer  steamer, -the  "Corinthian,"  "  Athmian,"  or 
"  Abyssmian,"  of  the  Canadian  Transportation  Company,  -  we 
proceed  eastward,  straight  down  Lake  Ontario,  keeping  within 
a  few  miles  of  the  northern  shore.     On  this  s-ide.  Port  Hope, 
a  pretty  town  containing  about  twenty-two  hundred  inliabitan  s, 
IS  located  in  the  valley  of  a  small  stream  emptying  into  the 
lake,  with  a  fine  range  of  hills  rising  to  the  westward.    Cobur/ 
hes  seven  miles  below  Port  Hope.     It  contains  four  thou.ard 
inhabitants,  seven  churches,  two  banks,  and  the  largest  cloth- 
fiictcry  in  the  province.     It  is  also  the  seat  of  Victoria  College 
and  a  theological  institute.     One  hundred  and  ten  miles  from 
Coburg  we  reach  Kingston,  the  original  capital  of  Canada,  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Catar^iui  Rivr,  and  just  at  the  foot  of  Lake 
Ontario,  whence  runs  the  St.  Lawrence.     As  early  as   16  72, 
the  Frtmch  under  De  Courcelles  began  a  settlement  here,  and 
bu.lt  a  fort,  which  was  r.amcd  Foit  Frontenae,  in  honor  of  the 
French  count  of  that  n.me.     Tin,,  fort  was  alternately  pos- 
sessed l.y  the  French  and  Iiuiians,  till  it  was  destroyed  in  17?4 
by  Col.  Bradstreet.     In  1762  the  English  took  pc  ssession,  and 
called  the  place  Kingston.     It  is  one  of  \M  important  miliary 
posts  of  Canada,  and  has  about  eleven  thousand  inhabitants, 
rne  harbor  is  very  fine.     The  land  project*  out  on  the  east  .ide 
of  the  bay,  forming  Point  Frederic  or  Navy  Point,  east  of 
which  !s  a  deep  basin  called  Haldiniand  Cove,  where  are  found 
the  royal  dock  yard,  and  much  of  the  shipping  of  the  navy. 
The  city  is  built  chiefly  of  blue  limestone;  and  wells  of  mine- 
ral water  have  been  found  by  boring  to  different  depths,  from 
seventy-five  to  eleven  hundred  and  forty-five  feet.     Anion-'  the 
noticeable  buildings  here,  are  the  Roman  Catholic  Cathedral, 


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„„  w,..,in^  of  Q-"!' '^»''*  f^s:::v"rr:.;: 

c„,u.g.  («°.™"  ^MM;;  ;-•  '^  ,mT1«.=..  i..'<«  "- 

The  extremity  of  the  Knleau  «.ana  ,  .^ibutarlcs  of  the 

Oswego,  and  Sackett's  Harbor. 

The  Thousand  Island*. 
About  ,ix  ™il..  Wo»  Kl.g.ton  fc  m»r  -i.le™,  .njl  «^- 

^.'it  ,be  ,o.ei...  ^-pi^rirj::;^.- oft 
f^^;r;;t^t::r..  T  JtJ'or.:  xbo„..,.a 

^^^^^■"  .,     A         fi,o  rivpr  this  beautiful  8ccnc  contin- 

For  forty  miles  down  the  r.ver,  th^  Da  ^^. 

ues,  the   boat   which  l--\I^'7r.^™"  emerald  g.m^ 
.o  less  tha.  ^.-f  — tt  r:  til  islet  a^ew 
in  the  n-ig  of  the  wave  covered  with  a  heavy 

,.„,.  .„,.r.  .0  ."^»  "  ;"f„:l';  .,«r,ng  .be  «• 
growth  of  trees,     ims  gro"l'  J      ,,.  ,         j    .gg  as 

Ltlon  of  sportsmen  and  Pl--n!^;^:;,,  1  i"  re  e'v  ery- 
to  make  an.ling  tiresome  «f -^;^;^^^' ^'/J  '' '^est  here  of 
where  abun.lant.    President  Grant  ha.  been  a 

Mr.  George  M.  Pullman,  ^'^l^f ^;VJ  \f  Ise  islands. 
Car  Company,  who  owns  -  ^^^^^.o  ^^t  exciting  r. 
These  ^^^^-^;^^^  Z::\:^  the  labyrinth-like 
mance.      I'rom   tluir  ^re*  admirable  retreat  for 

channels  among  t^-'^^^^fj^lt  r^.X.  and  for  the 
the  insurgents  in  the  la«t  Canaa  ^^^  ^^^ 

American  sympathizers  w.th  *''«'".•  J'^^^f^^  ^^  object  of 
man,  who,  from  his  daring  and  -^^l^^^i  he  found  a 
anxious  pun,nit  to  the  Canadian  aubonU,  an  ^^^^^^^^^^ 
safe  asylum  iu  these  watery  intricacies,  throaga  in 


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^terian),  Regiopo'  '■< 
rincial  Penitentiary. 
1  connects  Lake  On- 
ic  tributarit'8  of  the 
;h  to  the  bu>ine88  of 
lake  are  Charlotte, 


ivcr  widens,  and  em- 
[naglnable,  —  the  far- 
an  expansion  of  the 
tario;  and  the  broad 
h  of  the  character  of 
ake  of  tlic  Thousand 

vautiful  scene  contin- 
al  early  dawn  gliding 
'  these  "  emerald  gems 
,  from  the  islet  a  few 
covered  with  a  heavy 
ntly  attracting  the  at- 
ters.    Fish  so  large  as 
I  of  all  kinds,  are  every- 
I  been  a  guest  here  of 
of  the  Pullman  Palace 
1   one  of  these  islands, 
le  of  most  exciting  ro 

and  the  labyrinth-like 
n  admirable  retreat  for 
nsurrection,  and  for  the 

Among  these  was  one 
;y,  became  an  object  of 
orities;  and  he  found  a 
,  thro agh  the  devotedness 


ami  courage  of  his  daughter,  whose  inimitable  mana^'enient  of 
her  canoe  was  such  that,  through  hosts  of  pursuers,  she  baffled 
their  elforta  at  capture,  while  she  supplied  him  with  provisions 
in  these  solitary  ritreats,  rowing  him  from  one  place  of  conceal- 
ment to  another,  under  shadow  of  the  niLiht.  Hut,  in  truth, 
all  the  islands,  which  are  so  numerously  studded  through  the 
whole  chain  of  those  magnificent  lakes,  abound  with  materials 
for  romance  and  poetry.  For  instance,  in  the  Manitoulin 
Islands  in  Lake  Huron,  the  Indians  believe  that  the  Manitou, 
or  Great  Spirit,  has  forbidden  his  children  to  seek  flir  gold  ; 
and  th"y  tell  you  that  a  certain  point,  where  it  is  reported  to 
exist  in  large  quantities,  has  never  been  visited  by  the  diso- 
bedient Indian,  without  his  canoe  being  overwhelmed  in  a 
tempest. 

Opposite  the  Thousand  Isles,  on  the  American  side  of  the 
river,  is  Clayton,  well  known  as  a  lumber  station.  Here  the 
high  rafts  are  made  up  for  their  long  voyage  down  the  St. 
Lawrence,  which  look  like  tloating  villages  with  the  huts  that 
are  built  on  them  for  the  protection  of  the  raftsmen.  Alexan- 
dria Bay  is  the  next  port  after  leaving  Clayton.  It  is  built 
upon  a  massive  pile  of  rocks  ;  and  its  situation  is  romantic 
and  highly  pictures<jue.  It  is  a  place  of  resort  for  sportsmen. 
Some  two  or  three  miles  below  the  village,  is  a  position  from 
whence  one  hundred  islands  can  be  seen  at  one  view.  This 
place  also  is  celebrated  for  its  fishing  and  shooting.  The 
beauty  of  the  islands  in  this  vicinity,  for  several  miles  up  and 
down  the  river,  can  hardly  be  imagined  without  a  personal 
visit.  Here  many  of  those  splendid  fish,  the  niuscalonge,  are 
killed :  they  are  of  large  size,  many  of  them  weighing  forty 
to  fifty,  and  often  as  high  as  seventy,  pounds  each.  They  are 
taken  with  troUing-lines ;  and  it  requires  a  skilful  angler  to 
land  one  safely.  Sportsmen  consider  the  taking  of  these  fish 
equal  to  salmon-fishing. 

On  the  Canada  side,  fifteen  miles  below  Alexandria,  is 
Brockville,  one   of  the   most    attractive   towns   on  the  river. 


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named  in  honor  of  Gen.  Brock,  -»ho  fell  at  Qaoenstown  .n 
1812.  Here  is  the  junction  of  the  Grand  Trunk  RaUroa-l 
with  the  Brockvillc  and  Ottawa  Railroad,  whuh  extends 
northward  to  the  Ottawa  River. 

Ogdenrturg  and  its  EaUway  FaciUties. 
On  the  American  side  of  the  river  U  0?densburg,  a  town 
of  about  nine  thousand  population.     This  is  the  westeri.  ter- 
minus of  the  Ogdensburg    and   Lake   Chnmpla.n    Railroad 
(now  under  control  of  the  Vermont  Central),  whuh  conncis 
O-rdensburgwith   Rouse's  Point  on  Lake  Champlam  and  so 
op;ns  the  'route  to  Boston  and   New  York.     The  Vermont 
Cenlral  Company  has  here   a  freight  and  passensier  station 
three  hundred   and   five  feet  by  eighty-four,  and  numerous 
other  buildings  for  business  on  a  grand  scale.     Tl.e  e.  ens.ve 
elevators  of  the  Vermont  Central  line  are  locate.l  hero,  at  wh>ch 
vessels  laden  with  grain  on  the  lakes  discharge  ^f"^f^ 
Opposite  Ogdensburg  is  Prescott ;  and  a  m.le  below  ,s  Windmdl 
Point,  where  the  ruins  of  an  old  windmill  are  seen,  in  wh.ch 
Von    Schultz   took   refuge  with   the  Polish  pat'iots  in  183;. 
Five  miles  below,  at  the  first  rapids  of  the   St.   ^aw-";!' - 
Chimney  Island,  where  the  remains  of  an  old  French  fort.fiea- 
tion  are  seen. 

Ezoursion  to  Ottawa. 

At  rre.oott,  prv^eeng-  can  take  the  cars  for  O'*^^.^'  ^'l 
then  descend  the  Ottawa  River  to  Montreal.  The  d.s  anee 
from  Prescott  to  Ottawa,  over  the  St.  Lawrence  ar.d  Ottawa 
Railroad,  is  fifty-one  miles.  Ottawa  is  the  capital  ot  the  new 
Dominion  of  Canada,  and  is  situated  on  the  Ottawa  R.ver,  a 
stream  .i,ht  hundred  miles  long,  which  enters  the  St.  Law- 
rence on  both  sides  of  the  island  of  Montreal,  one  hundred 
and  thirty  miles  below  the  eity  of  Ottawa.  Tl.e  city  is 
divided  into  three  parts,  -  Lower,  Central,  and  Upper  Town. 
The  Government  Buildings,  wh-n  completed,  wdl  be  among 


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141 


at  Queenstown  in 
1  Trunk  Railroad 
d,  whirh  extends 


iillties. 

rrdcnsburg,  a  town 
is  the  western  ter- 
lamplain    Kailroad 
il),  width  connfds 
Champlain,  and  so 
rk.     The  Vermont 
d  passenger  station 
four,  and  numerous 
de.     Tlie  extensive 
)cated  hero,  at  which 
harge  their  cargoes, 
le  below  is  Windmill 
are  scon,  in  which 
sh  pat'iots  in  1837. 
ho   St.   Lawrence,  is 
old  French  fortifica- 


ars  for  Ottawa,  and 
treal.  The  distance 
iwrence  and  Ottawa 
e  capital  of  the  new 
the  Ottawa  River,  a 
enters  the  St.  Law- 
[ontreal,  one  hundred 
Ottawa.  The  city  is 
ral,  and  Upper  Town, 
deled,  will  be  among 


ihf  finest  on  the  American  continent.     Those  huildin-'s,  with 
the  government  odlees  and    Queen's  printin.-honse,  "otx-upy 
three  sides  of  a  square  on  the  summit  of  Barrack  Hill,  which 
rises  almost  porpondicularly  from  the  river  to  the  hii.rht  of 
three   hundred   and  fi%  feet.     Rideau  Falls,  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  city,  two  in  number,  are  very  attractive,  but  are 
far  surpassed  by  the  Chaudiere  Falls,  in  the  western  portion 
of  the  city.     The   Indian    name   for   then;  falls  was  Kanejo 
("The  Bailing  Pot").     They  are  forty  feet  high   and  over 
two  hundred  feet  wide.     A  suspension-bridge  just  below  the 
falls  crosses  the  river,  and  gives  a  splendid  view  of  the  falls 
the    caldron    below   them,   and    the    rapids.     The     lumber 
shoots,  which  are  built  here  for  running  down  the   lumber, 
a-d  save  it  from  breaking  to  pieces  i.i  going  over  the  falls,  are 
objects  of  exciting  interest.     Tourists  ascend  the  Ottawa  more 
than  a  hundred  miles,  by  portages  around  frequent  falls,  and 
find  their  way  at  that  distance  into  the  unbroken  forest.     Tlie 
passage  miy  be  made  from   Ottawa  to  Montreal,  by  steamer, 
down   the    Ottawa    River.      Picturesque  and    thickly-wooded 
banks  rise  on  each  side  much  of  the  way.     Two  miles  below 
Ottawa  is  the  mouth  of  the  Gatineau,  a  stream  more  than  four 
hundred  miles  long,  which  drains  a  vast  unexplored  region. 
Twenty  miles   lower  down   is   the  mouth  of  the  Rivifere  au 
Lievre,  a  stream  two  hundred  and  fifty  miles  long,  havina-  . 
near  its  mouth  two  waterfalls,  the  upper  forty  feet  high,  the 
lower  seventy.     Twenty-five  miles  from  the  mouth  are  High 
Falls,  which  descend  one  hundred  and  fitly  feet  at  one  bound 
These  falls  may  best  be  visited  by  stopj.ing  at   Buckingham. 
At  L'Original  is  the  stopping-place  for  visitors  to  the  Cale- 
donia Springs,  which  have  valuable  medicinal  qualities,  and 
are  exported  under  the  name  of  "  Plantagenet  Water."    At 
Greenville,  fifty-eight  miles  from  Ottawa,  and  six  miles  from 
L'Original,  there  are  rapids,  which  are  avoided  by  locks. 


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The  Kapidf  of  the  St.  Lawrence. 
But  a  most  exciting,  as  well  as  one  of  tl.e  .nost  deUgbtful 
portions  of  our  trip,  is  at  hand,  -tl,o  passafre  oi  the  rapids  of 
[he  St.  Lawrence.     At  Chimney  Island,  previously  n.entione.l, 
the  first  of  these  rapids,  an.l  one  of  .he  smallest  and  mddest, 
-the    Galop   Rapid -is  reached.     Next  comes    the    Long 
Sault,  a  continuous  rapid  of  nine  miles,  divided  in  the  centre 
by  an  island.     The  usual  passage  for  steamers  is  on  the  south 
side  .    The  channel  on  the  north  side  was  formerly  considered 
unsafe  and  dangerous;   but   examinations  have  been  made, 
and  it  is  now  descended  with  safety.     The   passage  m  th^ 
southern  oJiannel  is  very  narrow  ;  and  such  is  the  velocity  of 
the  current,  that  a  r.ifl,  it  is  said,  will  d.it^  the  nine  m.les  in 
forty  minutes.     This  is  the  most  exciting  part  of  the  whole 
passage  of  the  St.  Lawrence.     The  rapids  of  the  »  Long  bault 
rush  along  at  the  rate  of  something  like  twenty  mdes  an  hour. 
'Vh-n  the  vessel  enters  within  their  influence,  the  steam  is 
Jhut"ofr,  an<i  she  is  carried  onwards  by  the  force  of  the  streata 
alone.     The  surging  waters  present  all  the  angry  appearance 
of  the  ocean  in  a  storm;  the  noble  boat  strains  and  labors: 
but  unlike  the  ordinary  pitching  and  tossing  at  sea,  th.s  going 
down  hill  by  water  produces  a  highly  novel  sensation,  and  .s, 
in  tact,  a  service  of  some  danger,  .he  imminence  of  which  is  en- 
hanced  to  the  imagination   by  the  tremendous  roar  of   the 
headlong,  boiling  current.     Great  nerve  and  force  and  pre- 
Sn  a.^  here  required  in  piloting,  so  as  to  keep  the  vessel's 
head  straight  with  the  course  of  the  rapid:  for  it  .he  diverges 
in  the  least,  presenting  her  side  to  the  current,  or  "broached 
to"  as  the   nautical   phrase   is,  she   would  be  instantly  run 
aJround.     Hence  the  necessity  of  enormous  power  over  her 
rudder;   and  for  this  purpore  the  mode  of  steermg  affords 
great  facility  ;  for  the  wheel  that  governs  the  rudder  .s  placed 
Lad,  and  by  means  of  chain  and  pulley  sways  .t     Bu    m 
descending  the  rapids,  a  tiller  is  placed  astern  to  the  rudder 


itself,  go 

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viously  iiieiilioned, 
illest  and  mildest, 
comes  the  Long 
(led  in  the  centre 
ra  is  on  the  south 
ormerly  considered 

have  been  made, 
he   passage  in  the; 
is  the  velocity  of 
t  the  nine  miles  in 
part  of  the  whole 
"  the  "  Long  Sault " 
onty  miles  an  hour, 
uence,  the  steam  is 
force  of  the  streain 
i  angry  appearance 
strains  and  labors: 
ig  at  sea,  this  going 
;1  sensation,  and  is, 
lence  of  which  is  en- 
indous  roar   of   the 
and  force  and  pre- 
to  keep  the  vessel's 
:  for  if  the  diverges 
rrent,  or  "  broached 
lid  be  instantly  run 
3US  power  over  her 

of  steering  affords 
the  rudder  is  plated 
iy  sways  it.  But,  in 
jstern  to  the  rudder 


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itself,  80  that  the  tiller  can  be  manned  as  well  as  the  wheel. 
Some  idea  may  be  entertained  of  the  'peril  of  descending  a 
rapid,  when  it  requires  four  men  at  the  wheel  and  two  at  "the 
tiller  to  insure  safe  steering.  Here  is  the  region  of  tiie  dar- 
ing raftsmen,  at  whose  hands  are  demanded  infinite  courage 
aad  skill.  There  is,  however,  but  little  danger  to  life,  as  it  fre- 
quently happens  that  a  steamer  strikes,  and  sinks;  but  a  i^yy 
minutes  puts  them  safely  in  shoal  water.  The  Canadian 
Navigation  Company  has  never  lost  any  lives  by  accidents  of 
this  kind  in  descending  the  rapids. 

Of  course  it  is  impossible  for  steamers  to  ascend  these  rapids  : 
so  canals  are  constructed  around  them,  with  locks,  by  which 
the  boats  are  enabled  to  make  the  return  passage.  The  splen- 
did boats  of  the  Canadian  Navigation  Company  leave  the  foot 
of  Lake  Ontario  in  the  morning,  and  reach  Jloiitreal  at 
night.  The  Government  is  about  to  deepen  the  channel 
through  all  the  rapids  to  ten  feet. 

Cornwall,  at  the  lower  end  of  the  rapids,  is  near  the  boun- 
dary line  between  the  United  States  and  Canada. 

St.  Regis  is  an  old  Indian  village,  and  lies  a  little   below 
Cornwall,  on  the  opoosite  side  of  the  river.    It  contains  a  Cath- 
olic church,  which  was  built  about  the  year  1700.     While  the 
building  was  in  progress,  the  Indians  were  told  by  their  priest 
that  a  bell  was  indispensable   in  their  house  of  worship,  and 
they  were  ordered  to  collect  furs  sufHcient  to  purchase  one. 
The  furs  were  collected  ;  the  money  was  sent  to  France ;  and 
the  bell  was  bought  and  shipped  for  Canada.     But  the  vessel 
which  contained  it  was  captured  by  an   English  cruiser,  and 
taken   into  Salem,  Mass.     The  bell  was  afterwards  purchased 
for    the     church  at  Deerfield.       The  priest   of    St.    Regis, 
having  heard  of  its  destination,  excited  the  Indians  to  a  gen- 
eral   crusade   for  its  recovery.     They  joined  the  expedit=on 
fitted  out  by  the  governor  against  the  New  England  Colonists, 
and  proceeded  through  the  then  long,  trackless  wilderness,  to 
Deerfield,  which  they  attacked  in  the  night.     The  inhabitants, 


144 


TOURISTS'   IlASUnOOK. 


unsuspicious  01  danger,  were  arou.cd  fro.n  sleep  only  to^-t 
the  to  na':awk  a..d  scalping-knife  of  the  savages.     \  orty-«sx c  „ 
tru;id,aud  one  hundred  ana  twelve  taken  c  ,pt.ve;  anujn, 
whom  were  Mr.  Williams  the  pastor,  and  h  s  famdy.     Mr. 
wX-r  'oin..  at  .he  tim.  feeble,  and  not  able  to  travel  w.th 
r':ndan.n-uuily,  was  killed  by  ,he  Ind.aus.     Mr  W  - 
H*l  Jd  pa.tof  his  surviving  fau.ily  af.er.ar.ls  returned  to 
C  :(,  •  I     but  the  others  remained  with  the    n.hans,  and  be- 
^ected  with  .be  tribe,     'll^e  Indians,  hav in.  reeove  e_ 
;  bell,    r    .Hi  it  slung  to  a  pole  throu.^h  the  forest ;  and  .t 
now  hangs  u.  .  >c  chureh  steeple  at  St.  Uegis. 
Lake  Bt.  Trancij 
»„  *i...  «*f   T.iwrence  for  a  distance  of  forty 

:£::::rs.ra;::d^: -iu  i--^- it  Widen. 

Tot  derlblv,  and    is    interspaced  wich   a  large    number  ot 
lir  At'cotc-audu  Lac  the  river  ^^^^;^ 
and  the  Coteau   Ripids  (two  mde.  '""S)' ^^"  ^"'^"7.  ^^  "'i; 
mdes),  .be  Split  llock,  and  Cascade  llapi.ls  are  passed  the  n 
rescending  eigbty-two  and  a  half  feet  .n  eleven  m.le.      Ik 
i,  a  canaf  eleven  miles  long  around  the.e  rap.dx,  at  th.  lower 
end  of  which  is  the  village  of  Beauhan»o.s. 

In  the  expedition  of  Gen.  Amherst,  a  detachment  of  th.ee 
hundred  .nen,  that  were  sent  to  attack  Montreal,  were  lo.t  m 
the  rlpt.:  nelr  this  pla.e.     The  passage  through  these  r.^ 
is  verv  excitiQg.     There  is  a   peculiar  motion  of  the  ves«il, 
:hS.;  .lesee^ding  se.m,  like  settling  -i'-"- ^  «  ^^-'^^f. 
from  one  ledge  to  another.     In  p.sslng  t  ,e  rap.ds  of  the  Spbt 
S    a  pe«on    unacquainted  with  the  nav.gat.on    of  these 
Ss  wlira"most  involunta.-ily  h,ld  his  breath  u..t.   th.s  ledge 
of^i.ks  whLh  is  distinctly  seen  from  the  deck  of  the  stea.ner. 
is  rsed      A   one  time  tha  vessel  seems  to  be  ru..mng  d.rectl 
uTlt,  and  you  feel  certain  that  she  will  strike;  but  a  skdfu 
irndi    atthe  helm,  and  in  an  instant  .nore  it  is  passed  x 
S      Near  Be.uharnois,  on  the  north  bu.k,  a  branch  ot 


t!ic  Oil 

widens 

had  of 

this  iak 

belongs 

islaiid.s 

nniineri 

At   L 

Liiuhiue 

the  rive 

eight   m 

anxious! 

lon^-exij 

rapids,  (1 

l):iiik  of 

nearly  tc 

.villi  two 

skinned 

old  liapti 

steamers 

rings  the 

men,  ho 

past  the 

throu^'h  I 

only  a  fi 

whicli  str 

wc  shoot 

the  niagn 


The  Ci 
in  Briti.sh 
neuve,  in 
laga,  and 
protectres 


sleep  only  lo  meet 
vago».  J'orty-flevi'u 
ken  c  qitive ;  auion^ 
1  his  family.  Mr.-*. 
,  able  to  travel  with 

In<liuns.  Mr  Wil- 
,T  wards  returned  to 
the  Indians,  and  bc- 
ins,  liavini?  lecovere  I 
rli  the  JbrcBt ;  and  it 
igis. 


r  a  distance  of  forty 
Lac,  where  it  widens 

a  largo  number  of 
rows  narrower  again ; 
g),  the  Cedars  (three 
Is  are  passed,  the  river 
eleven  miles.  ITieie 
se  rapids,  at  the  lower 
)iH. 

I  detachment  of  three 
Montreal,  were  loit  in 
,  through  these  rapids 

motiou  of  the  vessel, 
g  down,  as  she  glides 
"e  rapids  of  the  Split 
le  navigation  of  these 
1  breath  until  this  ledge 
ho  deck  of  the  steamer, 
3  to  be  running  directly 
ill  strike ;  but  a  skilful 
t  more  it  is  passed  in 
rth  bmk,  a  branch  of 


rouiusTs'  iiAXhiiooK.  145 

the  Ottawa  enter,  into  (he  St.  Lawrcn.o.  The  river  UMiin 
w.  .ns  ,„,o  a  l.k,.  ,.  .lied  St.  Loul.  From  this  place  a  vi.;  in 
had  o  Abntreal  Maintain,  nearly  thirty  n.iles  .li.tant.  In 
this  lake  ,s  Nun-.  Island,  whid,  is  h^nuithliy  cuitivua-d,  and 
l.el..ngH  to  the  (,r.y  X„„„.Ty  at  Montreal.  There  are  many 
island.s_.„  tlu,  v,ci.,ity  of  Alon.re,,!  In.lon.ing  to  the  dilK-rent 
■nnmerios,  an.l  fron,  which  thoy  ,|..rive  lar«e  revenues. 

At   Laolune    n,ac  miles    ahove    Montreal,  the    celebrated 
Uchme  1  apuls,  short,  but  ih.  ron.^^hest  and  most  .lang.-rous  on 
thenver  beg,n      The  descent   i.  ib,ty-four  and  a  h,df  feet  in 
";,'ht  m.l...      Hero  the    passen^r,,,,  ,,.„^d  forward,  and  peer 
anxiously  ahead  nnd  on  every  .ilc,  lur  the  (ir.t  .|in,,,se  o  the 
lon.-exp.ct..d,  half.feared  rapidn.     Jnst  at  the  head  of  tl.  •  e 
rapulH,  a  httle  Indian  village,  Uau,W.n.-uva,a,  is  ..een  on  the  ri^ht 
'H.k  o,  ,h,  nver.     Here  stean,  is  .hut  olf,  and  the  boat  come., 
■H;<i.-ly  to  a  stand-sttll.     A  birch  canoe  put.s  out  fron.  the  shore, 
"■.th  two  men  .n  it.     It  con.e.  ab„g«ide  ;  and  a  brawny,  dark- 
suni.ed  old  .nan,  in  a  pieturo.s,,ue  ga.b,  comes  aboani.     It  is 
old  I.apt.«lo  the  Indian  pilot,  who  has  ibrover  forty  years  piloted 
steamers  through  these  .-apids.    He  takes  his  place  at  the  wheZ-l, 
nngs  the  bell  to  go  ahead,  and,  aided  by  Ibur  o.-five  powe.ful 
men,  ho  steers  the  boat  through  the  foaming,  boiling  surges,  and 
past  the  n,ly  ledges  that  threaten  to  wreck  her.      As  I.  '^, 
throu^di  the  uarrovvest  part  of  the  rapids,  we  see,  on  a  ledge 
o.  ly  a  few  feet   d.sta,.t.  the  wreck  of  the  steamer  "  Konaud> 
wh.ch  struck  the.-e  tv.o  seaso.is  ago.     The  rapids  safely  passed 
we  shoot  under  the  Victoria  IJ.idge,  and  are  soon  moored  tJ 
tlie  magmiicent  pier  at  Montreal. 

The  City  of  Montreal. 

•  'f''^^;'^{.°^^^'°""•"«l  i«  the  largest  and  most  populous  city 
m  lJ.at..h  .North  America.  It  was  fbunded  by  M.  de  Mais  ,„- 
neuve,  in  1G42,  on  the  site  of  an  Indian  village  named  Iloche- 
laga,  and  dedicated  to  the  Virgin  Mary  as  its  jxitroness  and  its 
protectress,   and  for  a  long  period  bore  the  name  of  VilU- 


146 


TOVIIISTS'   llAXDIIOOK. 


Marie.    It  U  laid  in  the  for.n  of  a  p.ualU.lo.rani,  »n.l  contnlm 

'  r    vo  l.«n.ln..l  .tret.,  with  a  po,.ul<Uio.>  ..t  over  o.u,   1      - 

\n,\  r,l>v  thou9:i.Hl.   The  traveller,  in  approaohmt-  tl.eciy 

,„.  .t„n,-  buihlinrs  which   iVont   ihi-.   n.ajextu;   U.vcr  ht.  l.aw 
::r:„  ^; l:  ^u.^.  U^y  are  rearc.1,  r..e.„blin,  in  the.r  h.Iu 

:      ;:^  and  cloganc.  the  huih.in.s  of  '^"-•;'.'-';  ;;^;-  ^ 
1    u\  „f  M„,treal  i^  in  fact,  mm  properly  vi'i^ardcl  h«  tno 

;",;:•  c:::;:     Th.city  b.in«attheheaaor  .bip  nav.,a- 

Uon.itH  local  a.lvantw's  are  unsurpassed. 

A  ploasant  stoppi..g-plafe  for  the  v.B.tor  m  the 

Ottawa  Hotel, 


Ori'AWA   HOTEL. 


lloteUovers  the  entire  .pace  of  ground  running  between  St. 
wl  ani  Notre  Dame  Street.,  and  has  two  beautiful  IrontB^ 
Se  house  has  been -thoroughly  refitted,  and  furmsbed  with 


cvory 
wilh  I 
Miako 


cxpei  I 


Aim 

of  reci 

The 

from  t 

.'oulh  ( 

and  \i 

The  c 

gift  of 

The 

opposil 

Cirei'ia 

a  hiind 

The 

stone  h 

The 

Street. 

The 

St.  Jan 

Italian 

The  : 

Street. 

The 

opposite 

Corinth 

The 
cut  ston 
Tlie] 


TOUtt/STS-    llAXDnnOK. 


14; 


am,  nnil  contains 
(f  over  oni!  l>ii'>- 
)roaihin(5  Uiccity 
mity  of  the  liirgu 
.!  Kivcr  St.  Law- 

bXwvx  i"  tl'i='"" ""'''' 
pean  (•ities.  'I'lie 
'  ri't;ar<li;il  as  the 
ail  of  ship  naviga- 

ithe 


I,  will  now  accom- 
st9.    The    Ottiiwa 


running  between  St. 
two  beautiful  fronts. 
,  and  furniahed  with 


cvory  r..jrnr.l  to  r„mfort  nn.l  luxury;  has  hot  ami  cohl  water 
wilhhatli.s  an.l  cIu^Ih  on  eadi  lloor.  Thr  aim  l,a.s  been  to 
iMikc  tliH  the  most  un.xcoptlonahle  fir..t-class  hole!  in  Mont- 
real. Mc..sr«.  Urowne  &  l\.rl..y,  tiie  propri-.torM,  have  had  long 
expfuenee  in  firsl-clai-s  iioti-l.  in  tl.c  United  Sfiten  and  Can- 
ada ;  aud  jruests  can  be  sure  of  every  attention  and  comfort. 

Plaoei  of  Interest  in  the  City. 

Amon^r  tiiu  raany8ul)stantial  nn.l  e!e«aut  wlifices  in  the  city, 
of  recent  completion,  may  bo  mmtioned  :  — 

The  Statue  of  Ikr  Majesty,  _ 'nnt,  admirable  work  of  art, 
Irom  the  studio  of  Mr.  MarHliall  Wood,  was  erected  at  the 
.'oulh  end  of  Vietoria  Spiare,  cm  the  21st  of  November,  1872, 
and  presented  to  the  City  by  II.  K.  the  Governor  General. 
Ihe  cost  of  the  statue,  including  that  of  the  pedestal,  —  the 
gift  of  the  Corporation,  —  was  thirteen  thou:*and  dollars. 

The  new  Court  House,  on  Notre  Dame  Street,  and  directly 
opposite  to  Nelson's  Monument,  is  of  elegant  cut  stone,  in  the 
Greeian-Ionic  style.  The  f^round  plan  is  three  hundred  by 
a  hundred  an.l  twenty-five  feet;  heijiht,  seventy-six  feet. 

The  Post-Olfice,  on  St.  James  Street,  is  a  beautiful  cut- 
stone  building. 

The  Merchants'  Exchange,  situated  on  St.  Sacrament 
Street. 

The  Mechanics'  Institute,  a  very  fine  building,  situated  on 
St.  James  Street,  of  cut  stone,  three  stories  high,  built  in  the 
Italian  style.     The  Lecture  Room  is  tastefully  decorated. 

The  Mercantile  Library  Association  Building,  Bonavonture 
Street. 

The  Bank  of  Montreal,  Place  d'Armes,  St.  James  Street, 
opposite  the  Tathedral,  an  elegant  cut-stone  building  of  the 
Corinthian  order. 

The  City  Bank,  next  to  the  above,  in  the  Grecian  stylo  of 
cut  stone,  and  worthy  of  note. 
The  Bank  of  British  North  America,  St.  James  Street,  next 


148 


TOUUtSTS-    IIAHimOOK. 


t„  ,ho   Po.t  Oin,....  U  .  hau.Uomo  buUain«  of  cut  .tone,  ond 
l.nilt  ill  tlic  CoiiiiiOHiU)  htylo  of  iiirliilc.tiiro. 

ln.>lt  of  Ohio  Ha.ublonr.     Tl.u  fna-Bt  in  U.t-  cay. 

The  !W.n..c.our^  Ma.kct,  on  St.  I'aul  m^   ^^ '^'^  /'^^'r; 

^..:,;Wi 'red  ,ho..an,i  dollar.  ;h.n^o„t.t,.. 

.iorl.H  on  \Vat.T  Su  ..t,  and  two  Htoms  on   ht.  l"""-  ^"^ 
upp  r  ,mrt  of  the  l,u,ldin«  i.  o.vuphd  hy  the  var.oUH  olh-er 
oFt  ,c  Ty     TUe  Ci.y  ^oun.il  lloom  i.  titted  up  ...  the  njo.t 
eL^l  liyh-.     m  thJoa.t  wing  of  the  building  «  a  largo  h.ll 

°^r^OrCo,le,e.-Th.Uanin.tit.aio.ofv.yl^^^ 
repute.     It  wa.  (ounded  by  the  Hon.  dumes  M<=« ■'>•;"  ^J 
peathod  a  vah.able  en.ate  and  ten  t '-"-^  J-J    ^^_ 
..ulow.nent.     The  buildin«><  for  the    !•  acuity  of  Aits  a.c  (ic 
ui;;. llTHltuatcl  at  the  kue  of  the  u.ountuln,  and  co.n.nand 

""rl:-:;nrU.eltyareun«ur...edbyanyo.^t^^ 

American  continent.  They  are  built  of  wo..l ;  -;lj  '  ^ 
>vilh  the,  locks  and  eul-stone  .vlmrves  ot  Lach.ne,  they  p.osuU 
r  V  .,..1  .iiiles  a  display  of  conti.u.ous  whartajrc  which  has 
r;  ;ir'u:ike^h^evee.oftheOhioa.^^ 
no  un4.d.tly  warehouses  di.fisuie  the  river  s.de  A  broad 
errace:rae'd  with  gr.y  limestone,  the  parapets  o  wl.eb  a 
surmounted  with  a  substantial  iron  railing,  divides  the  city 
from  tlie  river  thi-oughout  its  wholr  extent. 

The    remaining  luil.lie  buildin,-s  worthy  of  notice  are.    the 

()M  Gov"  nieiU  iV.use,  Notre  Dame  Street,  now  o.-upied  .« 

Ue  Normal  School;    the    Barracks;    ^l.e  Custom    louse    S- 

Paul  Street;  the  Bon  Pasteur  Nunnery;  llot.*l-D.eu  Hospital. 

8b    , took    Street;  Church  of  ,be  Ge.u,  Bleury  Street. 

Mount  lloyal  Cemetery  is  situated  on  t  -  east  side  1  the 
mountain,  about  two  miles  from  the  city.  Judgment  and  taste 
have  been  displayed  in  the  selection  and  management  ot  the 
irrounds:  it  is  much  visited  by  strangers. 


The 
fitizeii 
(jrfiiuK 
the  Nil 
regime 

V'i^ft 
out  ii.t 
d'Ari..( 

•Tlllll(>H 

roundel 
planted 
fi  111  n  tail 
The 
was  orli 
been  n 
£1,2.50,1 
iron,  liii 
twenty- 
three  h 
side  of 
The  e\l 
feet.      'I 
opening; 
one  in  c 
is   3,000, 
8,000  to 
through 
two  feet 
feet  higl; 
The  t( 
hundred 
Enp;lish  r 
The  L 
worthy  o( 
Tlie  head 


of  cut  itono,  and 

lul^omt'  ilruclure, 

•iiy. 

,1  Wiiter  StrcetH, 
Doric  Ktjle;  coHt 
M  n  front  of  thrte 
n  St.  I'ttul.  riu- 
the  varioiiH  otVncin 
tcil  up  ill  tiie  iiioKl 
dinn  irt  a  lar^(^  lii<" 

tulion  of  vtTy  h\gh 
w  Mcdill,  wlio  bc- 
ind  pounds  for  its 
ilty  of  Arts  arc  de- 
ituln,  and  command 

ged  by  any  on  the 
rowl  ;  and,  nieeling 
nhini!,  they  present 
wharfage  which  has 
)liio  and  Missisnippi, 
ver  side.  A  broad 
rapets  of  which  are 
ng,  divides    the  city 

ly  of  notice  are,  the 
•eet,  now  occupied  as 
)  Custom  House,  St. 
Ilotel-l>icu  Hospital, 
Bleury  Street. 
I  tlie  east  side  of  tho 
Judgment  and  taste 
1  management  of  the 


tovnisTs'  iiANnnooK. 


140 


rbo  Champ  do  Mnrs.  -  'Rds  I.  a  Tamons  promcnad.-  for 
clti/eM.  and  HtranunT..  lK.in,r  the  frcneral  parade  and  review 
|rr.M.n.I  of  the  n.ilitary,  and  is  frciuently  enlivened  during 
II..'  "ununcr  ovenL.gs  hy  ,„M,si..  fro„.  ,he  f.no  ban.ls  of  the 
re^'imcnts. 

VVr  S,p.are,near  the  Champ  de  Afars,  is  hrautif.div  lai.l 
'><>  I...O  ft  j;„,.d..„,  with  conservatory,  fountains,  k,.  Vhice 
.  Armes  .«  a  handsome  s.piare  between  Notre  Dam.,  and  St. 
.(anu..  Streets,  opponite  the  Fro.Hh  Cathedral.  It  is  sur- 
rounded hy  a  neat  iron  railing;,  and  tastefullv  laid  o„f.  .d 
planted  w.th  shnde-treos.  In  the  centre  of  'the  ..n.are  is  a 
itaintain.  ' 

The  Victoria  n.MlKO.- Tho  cost  of  this  pKantic  structure 
was  or.K.„ally  e,Hii„,Hted  at  £1,450,000;  but  this  sum  has  since 

57r.o  n  T"';  ""''  '^"  f '"'""*  <'alc.dation  of  itn  co.t  is  about 
il,2..0,000.     In   It  2.',0,000  tons  of  .tone  and   T,M^>   tons  of 
.ro,.,  have  W.-n  used.    Tl.e  iron  superstructure  is  supported  hy 
tw..„,y  four  p,ers  and  two  ab..tmcnts.      'H.e  centre  span   is 
three  hundred  and  thirty  ftn-t:  there  are  twelve  spans  each 
suio  of  the  centre,  of  two  hundred  and   forty-two  feet  each. 
Ihc  cKtremn  length,  inchiding  abutments,  is  seven  thousand 
feet.       I  he  height  above  summer  water  level  in  tho  c,  ntro 
openmg  h  .sixty  feet,  .lesceu.ling  to  either  en.l  at  tho  rate  of 
one  ,n  one  hundre.l  and  thirty.     The  contents  of  the  masonry 
.s/X  0,000  cubi...   fe.,t.     The  weight  of  iron   in   the  tubes  i^ 
8.000  tons.     Tl,e  following  are  the  din.ensions  of  the  tu!,es 
hrough  which  the  trains  pa.ss  in  the  middle  span,  viz.,  twenty- 
two  feet  high  sixteen  fee'  wide  ;  at  the  extreme  en.ls,  nineteen 
feet  high,  and  sixteen  wide. 

The  total  length  from  tho  river  bank  is  ton  thousan.l  two 
mndre,i  and  eighty-four  feet,  or  about  fifty  yards  less  timn  iwo 
L-nghsh  mdes. 

The  Lachino  Canal  is  among  the  public  works  particularly 
wortliyo    note,  and  of  which  the  city  may  well  feel  proud 
Ihe  head  of  water  on  this  canal  has  been  rendered  available 


150  rOUItlSTS'    HANDBOOK. 

for  the  creation  of  water-power,  wl/ch  has  been  applkd  ,nost 
uce?s!ful  y  to  the  morements  of  very  extensive  macUn.ry 
o^r  a  large  extent  of  ground.  Among  the  works  here  arc 
L;,kieB%ngine  .r.i  boUer  shops, ship-yard  and  n  .nne  works. 
faw-mms,  sa'sh,  h'lnd,  and  door  factories,  flo.r-:n,lls,  cotton- 

around  Mount  Royal  will  attract  the  »'-;"-  f^^^/^J^ 
The  distance  is  nine  mile.,  coamandmg  one  of  the  ^^^^^^^.^ 
of  beautiful  landscape  to  be  found  in  ^o'th  Amer.a     a  d   n 
returning,  entering  the  city,  a  view  of    be  S^'  Lj-"«'-  «« 
of   Montreal,  both   comprehensive   and   extended,  that  well 

^^St'r^ll'Snound  the  mountain  is   that  on   the 

L^ Mne  road,  leading  to  a  village  of  that  --;- j;^' 
from  the  oity.     The  road  is  directly  along  the  banks  ot  the 
IZ  tesen ting  scenery  of  unsurpassed  beauty  and  grandeur, 
n  raTovely  dr!ve.    If  the  proper  hour  is  sekcted,  a  v.ew  may 
be  had  of  the  descent  of  the  steamer  over  the  rapids. 

Another  Svorite  drive  in  the  immediate  vicinity  .s  toLongue 
Pot"  being  in  an  opposite  directi.  .  -om  the  last,  and  down 
alone  the  banks  of  the  rivin-.  , 

It  woul^  be  useless  to  undertake  an  enumeration  of  all   ht 
plaelof  interest  in  and  about  Montreal ;  for  we  bel.ve  tl  a 
£e  Tre  but  few  places  on  th.  American  cont.nent  whe  e 
ctbe  fund  so  much  of    interest  to  the  traveller,  whether 
in  pursuit  of  health  or  pleasure,  as  in  this  city. 


,8  been  appl'L'd  most 
xtensivo  macliinery 
the  works  here  arc 
d  and  n  .rine  works, 
,  flour-mills,  cotton- 

2  ride  from  the  city 
iveller  at  all  times. 
ne  of  the  finest  views 
•th  America ;  and  in 
o  St.  Lawrence  and 
extended,  that  well 

itain  is  that  on  the 
iiat  name  nine  miles 
jng  the  banks  of  the 
beauty  and  grandeur. 
s  selected,  a  view  may 
;r  the  rapids. 
te  vicinity  is  toLongue 
om  the  last,  and  down 

enumeration  of  all  the 
al ;  for  we  believe  that 
irican  continent  where 
the  traveller,  whether 
Ills  city. 


CHAPTER  XI. 


c/^n^cvo 


-    -   .-X         Montreal  to  Quebec,  and  the  Saiuenav. 

>llh  journey  from  Montreal  to  Quebec  mn\ 
be  taken  by  rail  or  boat.  T.ike  ihe  cars 
at  the  Ronaventuro  station  on  the  Grand 
Trunk  Railway,  and  after  a  ride  of  eight 
hours  you  will  reach  Point  Levi,  opposite 
Quebec.  Or,  taking  either  "The  Mont- 
real "  or  «  Quebec,"  fine  steamers  owned 
by  the  Richelieu  Steamship  Company,  we 
will  continue  down  the  riven  the  first  place 
passed  being  Longueil,  a  small  village  on  the 
,,  ,      _       ^°"'^  bank  of  the  river,  three  miles  below 

Montreal.  Fifteen  mile.s  below  Montreal  s  Varennes,  situated 
between  the  St.  Lawrence  and  Richelieu  Rivers.  It  is  con- 
nected with  Montreal  by  a  line  of  steamers,  and  is  attractin-^ 
a  tent.cn  on  account  of  mineral  springs.  The  first  stoppin."- 
plaee  ,s  at  Sorel,  ibrty-five  miles  below  Montreal,  at  tfe 
mouth  of  the  Richelieu,  having  in  the  vicinity  good  fishino 
and  sn.pe-shootino.  Just  below,  the  river  expands  into 
Lake    St.    Peter,    twenty-five    miles    long,  and    nine    miles 

T^;  I-'"'''^  ^''''''"  ^^'^'"'^''^^  ■•"■'J  Quebec  is  the  town 
of   Three   Rivers,  at   the   mouth   of  the    St.  Maurice.     This 

n  T/^^:  °''''''  '''^"^  '"  Canada,  is  the  residence  of  a 
Catholic  bishop,  and  has  a  cathedral  and  convent.     Ironware 

151 


««J 


152 


TOUHISTS'   IIAXnnOOK. 


is  manufactured  at  tbe  St.  Maurice  forges,  three  miles  r.istnnt. 
The  St.  Maurice  River,  which  empties  at  this  point,  has  not 
been  thorou^hl;-  explored  ;  but  it  is  suppos.'d  to  be  about  four 
hundred  miles  long,  Tliirty  miles  from  Three  Rivers  is  the 
.nouth  of  the  Shawenejran  River ;  and  a  little  above,  on  the 
St.  Maurice  River,  are  the 


Shawenegan  Falls, 

where  the  water  loaps  down  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  perpen- 
dicularly. Tlie  head-wiiters  of  the  St.  Maurice  are  a  perfect 
net-work  of  lakes,  aboun.ling  in  fish  and  game.  The  last  place 
at  which  steamers  stop  before  reaching  Quebec  is  Batiscan. 

In  passing  down  the  St.  Lawrence  from  Montreal,  the 
country  upo".  its  banks  presents  a  sameness  in  its  general 
scenery,  until  we  approach  the  vicinity  of  Quebec,  '^he 
villages  anc:  hamlets  are  decidi^dly  French  in  character,  and 
are  generally  mar 3  up  of  small  buildings,  the  better  class  of 
which  are  painted  white,  or  whitewashed,  with  red  roofs. 
Prominenv  in  the  distance  appear  th.'  tile-covere.l  spires  of  the 
Catholic  churches,  which  arc  all  constructe<l  in  that  unique 
style  of  architecture  so  peculiar  to  that  Chur.h. 

The  rafts  of  timber  afford  a  highly-interesting  feature  on 
thciveras  the  travellers  pass,  s  along.  On  each  a  shed  is 
built  for  the  raftsmen,  soi.ie  of  whom  rig  out  their  huge, 
unwieldy  craft  with  -ay  streamers,  which  flutter  from  the  tops 
of  poles.  'JTius,  ^vhen  several  of  these  rafts  are  grappled 
to-ether,  forming,  as  it  were,  a  floating  island  of  timber,  half  a 
mile  wide  and  a  mile  long,  ti.e  sii-ht  is  extremely  picturesque. 
\nd  when  the  voices  of  these  hardy  sons  of  the  forest  and  the 
stream  join  in  some  of  their  Canadian  boat-songs,  the  wdd 
mude,  borne  by  the  breeze  along  the  water,  has  a  charming 
effect.  Myriads  of  these  rafts  may  be  seen  Ijing  in  the  coves 
at  Quebe. ,  ready  to  be  shipped  to  the  different  parts  of  the 
world. 


hree  miles  »"istnnt. 
this  point,  has  not 
■d  to  be  about  four 
hree  Rivera  is  tlie 
little  above,  on  the 


nd  fifty  feet  perpen- 
uTice  are  a  perCeet 
mo.  The  last  place 
?boc  is  Batiscan. 
rem  Montreal,  the 
iness  in  its  general 
•  of  Quebec,  '^he 
h  in  character,  and 

the  better  class  of 
?d,  with  red  roofs, 
covered  spires  of  the 
3ted  in  that  unique 
lunh. 
teresting  fi-afure  on 

On  each  a  shed  is 
rig  out  their  huge, 
flutter  from  the  tops 
!  rafts  are  grappled 
ind  of  timber,  half  a 
itremcly  picturesque, 
of  the  forest  and  the 

boat-songs,  the  -wild 
iter,  has  a  charming 
.■n  l}ing  in  the  coves 
lilferent  parts  of  the 


TOURISTS'    irANDIiOOK. 


The  City  of  ftuebec. 


153 


Quebec,  by  its  historic  fame  and  its  unequnlled  scenorv,  is 
no   ordinary  or  com.nonplace  city;    for  though,   like   other 
large  communities,  it  carries  on  trade,  commerce,  and  manu- 
factures;  cultivates  arts,  science,  and  literature;  abounds  in 
chanties;  and  professes  special  regard   to  the   amenities   of 
Focial  life, -it  claims  particular  attention  as  being  a  strikingly 
uni.iue  old  place,  the  stronghold  of  Canada,  and,  in  fact,  the 
key  of  the  province.     Viewed  from  any  one  of  its  approaches, 
It  impresses  the  stranger  with  the  conviction  of  stren<rth  and 
permanency.     The  reader  of  American  history,  on  entering 
ifs  gates,  or  wandering  over  its  squares,  ramparts,  and  hattl^ 
helds,  puts  himself  at  once  in  communion  with  the  illustrious 
dead      The  achievements  of  the  daring  mariners,  the  labors 
of  self-sacrificing  missionaries  of  the  cross,  and  the  conflicts  of 
mihtary  heroes,  who  ble.l  and  die<l  in  the  assault  and  defence 
of  Its  walls,  are  here  re-read  with  ten-fold  interest.     Then  the 
lover  of  nature   in  her  grandest  an.l  most  rugged,  as  in  her 
gentle  and  most  smiling  form.-,  will  find   in    and  around  it  an 
aHiuenee  of  sublime  and  beautiful  objects.    Tlie  man  of  science 
too  may  be  equally  gratified  ;  for  here  the  great  forces  of  nature' 
and    her  secret    alchemy   may   be   studied   with    advantnge. 
Quebec  can  never  be  a  tame  or  insipid  place  ;  and,  with  mode- 
rate opportunities  for  advan-'ement.  it  must  become  one  of  the 
greatest  cities  of  the  New  World  in  respect  of  learning,  arts, 
commerce,  and  manufactures. 

The  city  of  Quebec  was  founded  by  Si.muel  Champlain, 
1608.  In  1C22  the  population  was  rwluced  to  fifty  souls.  In 
June,  1759,  the  English  army  under  Gen.  Wolfe  landed  upon 
the  Island  of  Orleans.  On  the  1 2th  September  took  place  the 
eelebra.ed  battle  of  the  Plains  of  Abraham,  which  resulted  in 
the  death  of  Wolfe,  and  the  defeat  of  the  French  army.  A 
force  of  five  thousand  English  tro<,ps  under  Gen.  Murray  was 
left  to  garrison  the  fort.     The  city  is  very  interesting  to  the 


154 


TOURISTS'   HANDBOOK. 


stranger,  it  being  the   only  walletl  city  in  Canada.      The  St. 
(liarloB  River  empties  into  the  St.  Lawrence  on  the  north  side  , 
and  a  high  point  of  land  is  included  between  th.^  two  river.x, 
nannd  originally  Cape  Diamond,  from  the  large  number  of 
quartz   crystals  found  there.     On  the  summit  of  this  cap*', 
three  hundred  and   thirt)    feet  al)ove   the   river,  stands   ilu> 
citad.d,  covering  with  all  its  buildings  about  forty  acres.     The 
city  is  divided  into  the  Upper  and  Lower  Towns;  the  former 
bein<r  enclosed  by  a  massive  wall  of  hewn  stone,  while  the 
latter  is  largely  devoted  to  business.     The   Upper  Town,  con- 
taining the  Citadel  and  other  fortifications,  is  the  Quebec  ot 
history ;  and  from  its  wonderfully  strong  position,  commandinfT, 
by  its  great  height  and  its  water   defences,  the   appro^che^ 
from  every  direction,  was  early  chosen  as  the  great  military 
position  of  the  region.     As  such,  its  history  has  been  bloody  ; 
and  to  this  day  the   place  is   pointed   out   whereon   gal'nnt 
commanders  have   fallen,  pierced  with    fbemen's  bullets,  and 
breathed  their  last  for  the  honor  of  the  flag  they  serv-d.     'I '  r. 
wall  which  surrounds  this  Upper  Town,  and  divide.^  it  f- 
the  Lower,  is  nearly  three  miles  in  length,  with  b:>f<t,ion8  ;r.n  I 
embrasures   commanding   every  approach,  and   is  pierced  oy 
several  gates,  through  rhich  visitors  ])a9s  from  tl.,o  Lc-er  to. 
the  Upper  Town  and  from  the  latter  to  the  suburbs.     Tavo  of 
these  gates -the  St.  Louis,  through  which  the  road  led  our.  to 
the  riains  of  Abraham,  the  scene  of  Wolfe's  vi.tory  a:    ■  >' 'ath 
in   1  T.-iO,  and  of  Montgomery's  death  in  17'.      ,.'id  the  c'o.s- 
eott  Gate,  on  the  route  from  the  landing  to  the  citadel  -  have 
been  demoUshe.'-  on  acco  ■■  '  of  the  impediment  to  travel  whicti 
they  presented.     Ab-  ..     :     pot  where  Montgomery  fell  is  now 
an  incVr-.i-l  plane  live  hund-   i  feet  long,  used  for  conveying 
articles  ot  great  wei-'^:    .[.  .o  the  fortress. 

The  Lower  Town  lies  around  the  base  of  Cape  Diamond. 
The  solid  rock  has  in  many  places  been  cut  away  to  make  room 
for  the  houses.  On  the  side  of  the  city  next  to  the  St. 
Charles  River,  the  water  at  high  tide  in  formei  times  reached 


the  ver; 
whole  s 
anchor. 
Conven 
gardens 
burstint 
Cathedi 
build  in| 
In  th 
obelisk, 
found  at 
imposin 
presenci 
Tiiom[)s 
interest 
teer  in  i 
and  wat 
it.  Tli( 
Seventy 
Being  si 
river,  ri 
inscripti 
its  trutl 


Proco 
or  Gran 
gate  is 
stretch  t 
with  the 
ferently 


TOURISTS'    HANDBOOK. 


155 


Canada.  The  St. 
■e  on  tlie  north  side  ; 
een  i\\o  two  rivers, 
le  large  number  of 
immlt  of  this  cape, 
le  river,  stands  ihe 
nt  forty  acres.     The 

Towns;  the  former 
wn  stone,  while  the 
e   Upper  Town,  con- 
ns, is  the  Quebec  of 
osition,  commandin}!, 
nces,  the   approiche^ 
is  the  great  military 
:)ry  has  been  bloody  ; 
out   whereon   gal'nnt 
ibemen's  bullets,  and 
ag  tbey  served.     '1 '  ^ 
,  and  divides  it  t- 
th,  with  b:\s*Jon8  f).'i  1 
lb,  and   h  pierced  by 
!8  from  tlio  Lc'vt'r  to. 
;ho  suburbs.     '\\\-o  of 
ch  the  road  led  oui'  to 
Ife's  victory  a:    .  iV.fatL 

17'  .  ..hA  the  £*!-e3- 
;  to  the  citadel  -  Iiave 
[liment  to  travel  which 
Hontgoraery  fell  is  now 
ig,  used  for  conveying 
s. 

ise  of  Cape  Diamond. 
cut  away  to  make  room 

city  next  to  the  St. 
n  formei  times  reached 


the  very  foot  of  the  rock;  but  wharves  have  be(-n  built  until 
wiiolo  streets  extend  over  a  space  where  once  ships  rode  at 
anchor.  Among  the  noteworthy  biuldings  are  the  Ursuline 
Convent,  an(i  Ch-rdi  of  St.  Ursula,  surrounded  by  i)li'asant 
gardens.  jMontcalm  was  buried  here  in  a  recess  made  by  the 
bursting  of  a  shell.  The  Parliament  House,  Roman  Catholic 
Cathedral,  and  English  Episcopal  Church  are  all  attractive 
buildings. 

In  the  governor's  garden  in  the  Upper  Town  is  a  striking 
obelisk,  known  as  die  "  Wolfe  and  Montcalm's  Monument,"  the 
foundation  stone  of  which  was  laid  by  Lord  Da'.liousie,  with 
imposing  ceremonies,  on  Tliursday,  Nov.  1,5,  1827.  "The 
presence  on  this  occasion,"  says  Hawkins,  '-of  Jlr.  James 
Tiiompson,  then  in  his  ninety-fifth  year,  added  to  tlie  deep 
interest,  felt  in  the  scene."  Mr.  Thompson  had  been  a  volun- 
teer in  the  Seventy-ei<;hth  Highlanders  in  Wolfe's  cvjiedition, 
and  was  consulted  in  Quebec  as  an  oracle  in  connection  with 
it.  The  monument  is  from  a  design  by  Major  Young  of  the 
Seventy-Ninth,  a»(l  cost  upwards  of  seven  hundred  pounds. 
Being  sixty-five  feet  in  height,  it  is  a  striking  object  from  the 
river,  rising  as  it  does  clear  from  the  garden.  It  bears  two 
inscriptions ;  one  of  them  by  Dr.  -I.  Charlton  Fisher,  noted  ibr 
its  truth,  and  classical  purity,  and  beauty,  as  follows :  — 

"  Mortem  Virtus  Communem 
r«innm  Historin, 
lilonumoiitum  posteritns 
Dewt." 

The  Plains  of  Abraham. 

Proceeding  through  the  Upper  Town,  by  the  St.  Louis  Road 
or  Grande  Alice,  about  a  mile  distant  from  the  city,  the  Toll- 
gate  is  reached,  where  the  Plains  of  Abraham  expand  and 
stretch  to  the  left.  At  the  time  of  the  great  battle  identified 
with  the  name,  the  whole  heights,  or  plains  as  they  are  indif- 
ferently called,  extended  from  the  walls  to  the  woods  of  Sillery 


166 


TounrsTS'  iiAynnooK. 


and  St.  Foy,  and  were  bounded  on  one  side  by  th<  St.  Law- 
rence and  on  tlic  other  by  the  St.  Cliarle.t.  Tliey  are  de- 
scribed as  bein^T  'viilidiit  any  dividing  fences,  out  are  dotted 
here  and  tliere  v*i;li  clntnps  of  trees;  and  the  Grande  Alice 
passed  through  them,  as  it  does  now,  as  did  also  the  St.  Foy 
road.  Since  then  great  encroachments  have  been  made  :  the 
suburbs  of  St.  Louis  and  St.  John  occuj)y  great  portions;  and 
the  name  Plains  has  for  a  number  of  years  been  confined  to 
the  (!ncIos(  d  space  at  which  wc  have  now  arrived,  and  which 
has  been  used  as  a  race-course,  and  tor  reviews  of  the  garrison. 
P.nssing  tlirough  the  Toll-gate,  and  immediately  turning  to 
the  left,  there  is  a  road  which  leads  to  Wolfe's  Moniiro->nt,  about 
a  hundred  yiirds  distant.  The  monument  is  a  very  jhaste  cir- 
cuUr  column,  rising  from  a  square  pcdei^tal,  and  surmounted  by 
a  sword  and  helmet.  On  (he  one  side  of  the  pedestal  is  an 
inscription,  as  follows  :  — 

IIKUK   DIEO 

■w  o  Xi  :f  IB 

VICTORIOUS 

Sept.  13 

1759. 

And  on  the  other  side  i 

"'i;S    PILLAR 
WAS    ERECTKD    liY   THE 

BRITISH   ARMY 

IN'   CANADA,    1849. 

HIS    EXCELLENCY 

LIEUTENANT    GENERAL 

SIB,  BENJAMIN  D'URBAIN 

O.  C.  B.,  K.  C.  H.,  K.  C.  T.  S.,  ETC. 

COMMANDER    flF   TIIV,    FORCES. 

TO   REPL.\CE    THAT    ERECTKI)    1!Y 

fiOVERNOR  GENERAL    LORD  AYLMER,   G.  C.  15., 

IN   1832, 

WHICH  WAS  UROKEN  AND  DEFACED, 

AND  IS  DEPOSITED  BENEATH. 


Anioi 
most  ex 

on  St.  I 
pleasure 
and  sun 
cnades,  - 
the  Plac 
splendid 
justly  c( 


world.     ' 
lished,  ail 
and  the 
long  and 
sustained, 


a  large  bi 
Louis. 
Castle 


OK. 

I  side  by  thi.  St.  l.aw- 
larles.  Tiiey  nre  do- 
fencoa,  but  are  dotted 
md  iho  Grande  Alice 
9  did  also  the  St.  Foy 

have  heen  made  :  the 
ly  great  portions ;  and 
rears  been  eonfined  to 
ow  arrived,  and  wliieh 
eviews  of  the  garrison, 
nomediately  turnin<i;  to 
jlfe's  Moniitmnt,  about 
nt  is  a  very  jhaste  cir- 
;al,  and  surmounted  by 

of  the  pedestal  is  an 


11 K 


JRBAIN 

S.,  ETC. 
ORCE8. 

:tki)  by 
LMER,  G.  C.  H., 

DEFACED, 
fEATH. 


TOUniSTS'   IIANDnOOK. 


157 


Anionjj  the  many  good  hotels  of  Quebec,  the  principal  and 
most  extensive  is  tlic 

St.  Louis  Hotel, 

on  St.  Louis  Street.  This  hotel  ia  open  through  the  year  (or 
pleasure  and  bunness  travel.  It  is  eii-ibly  siTuated  nuir  to, 
and  surrounded  by,  the  most  delightful  and  fasliionable  prom- 
enades,—the  governor's  garden,  the  Citadel,  the  Ksplanade, 
the  Place  D'Armes,  and  Durham  Terrace,  —  which  rurni.Mh  the 
splendid  views  antl  magnificent  scenery  for  which  Quebec  is 
justly  celebrattd,  and  which  is  unsurpassed  in  any  part  of  tin! 


1ST.  L(fUIS  HOTEL. 

world.  This  hotel  has  been  thoroughly  renovated  and  embel- 
lished, and  can  now  accommodate  about  five  hundred  visitors ; 
and  the  excellent  reputation  which  it  has  gained,  under  the 
long  and  successful  management  of  Willis  Kussell,  is  sure  to  be 
sustained.     Mr  Kussell  is  also  proprietor  of  the 


Clarendoii  House, 
1  is  conducted  as  t 

Castle  St.  Louis,  probably  the  first  pubUc  building  in  Que- 


a  large  building,  which  is  conducted  as  an  auxiliary  to  the  St. 
Louis. 


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TOURISTS'   IlANnnOOK. 


bee,  the  forncr-stone  of  which  was  laid  by  Champlain,  on  thr 
Uth  of  May,  1G21,  was  destroyetl  by  fire  oi.  "-e  23d  of  Jan- 
uary, 1834.  By  the  order  of  Lonl  Durham,  the  site  of  this 
castle  was  cleared  of  the  ruins  that  covered  it,  Uvelletl,  and 
covered  with  wood,  and  an  iron  railing  phvcod  on  the  edge  ot 
the  precipice,  malcinj,'  a  very  delightful  promenade.  The  view 
from  it  coairaands  the  Lower  Town,  the  St.  Lawrence  as  far 
down  as  the  Island  of  Orleans,  the  harbor  with  its  ships,  and 
Point  Levi  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river.  Point  Levi,  op- 
posite Ciuebec,  will  interest  the  stranger  very  much,  immense 
and  Btupendous  fortifications  being  now  in  progress  of  con- 
struction. . 

Seven  miles  below  Quebec  is  the  Fall  of  Montraorenci.  The 
road  is  very  pleasant,  passing  through  the  French  village  of 
Beauport.  Those  who  expect  to  see  a  second  Niagara  will  be 
very  much  disappointed.  The  streams  descend  in  silvery 
threads,  over  a  precipice  two  hundred  and  forty  feet  in  height, 
and,  in  connection  with  the  surrounding  scenery,  is  extremely 
pictures(iue  and  beautiful,  but  inspires  none  of  the  awe  felt  at 
Niagara. 

The  River  Saguenay. 
To  the  pleasure-seeker  or  to  the  man  of  science,  there  can 
be  nothing  more  refreshing  and  delightful,  nothing  aftbrding 
more  tbod  for  reflection  or  scientific  observation,  than  a  trip  to 
the  most  wonderful  of  rivers,  the  Saguenay.      On  the  way 
thither,  the  scenery  of  the  Lower  St.  Lawrence  is  extraordi- 
narily pictures<iue,  —  a  broad  expanse  of  water  interspersed 
with  ru.'g".d  solitary  islets,  highly  cultivated  islands,  and  is- 
lands covered  with  trees  to  the  water's  edge,  hemmed  in  by 
lofty  and  precipitous  mountains  on  the  one  side,  and  by  a  con- 
tinuous  street  of  houses,  relieved  by  beautifully  situated  vil- 
lages, the  spu-is  of  whose  tin-covered  churches  glitter  m  the 
sunshine,  aflbrding  a  prospect  so  enchanting,  that,  were  nothing 
else  \a  be  seen,  the  tourist  would  be  well  repaid.    But  when  m 


a'liiitioi 

uiisurpi 

where  j 

single  L 

I  lie  faci 

"lien  h 

gorge,  - 

iind  tii8( 

'I'he  t 

ing  Iroi 

aiicl  iiwf 

Imveriiii 

lieavin, 

a  river  \ 

asjtccts  J 

the  Dea( 

ami  .siiiil 

On  li.hi 

one  tlioii 

and  this 

to  its  SOI 

The    t 

v.-liich  lei 

ol  the  riA 

the  Grail 

going  up 

calle  l;. 

outlets  o 

hundred 

hundred 

towards 

Water  das 

dred  to  o 

Ila-ha 

fi:st  landi 


rouiiisrs'  UANDiiouK. 


15t> 


Champlain,  on  thr 
01.  '-e  23(1  of  Jan- 
,ni,  thf  site  of  this 
•ed  it,  Icvellctl,  and 
vced  on  the  eilge  of 
uicnadu.  The  view 
5t.  Lawrence  as  far 
with  its  ships,  and 
er.  Point  Levi,  op- 
ifery  much,  immense 
in  progress  of  con- 

Montmorenci.  The 
e  French  village  of 
ond  Niagara  will  be 

descend  in  silvery 
1  forty  feet  in  height, 
cenery,  is  extremely 
ne  of  the  awe  felt  at 


of  science,  there  can 
ul,  nothing  aftbrding 
•vation,  than  a  trip  to 
cnay.  On  the  way 
•iwrence  is  extiaordi- 
if  water  interspersed 
irated  islands,  and  is- 
edge,  hemmed  in  by 
ne  side,  and  by  a  con- 
jautifuUy  situated  vil- 
hurches  glitter  in  the 
ing,  that,  were  nothing 
repaid.    But  when  in 


a.hhtion  to  all  this  the  tourist  suddenly  passes  from  a  landscape 
n..su,pass.Ml  for  b..,u,y  in.o  a  region  of  prin.itive  grandeur, 
where  art  has  ,lo.,e  nothing  and  nature  every  thing;  when  at  a 
s.ng  e  bound  civilization  is  left  behind,  and  Nature  stares  hnn  in 
I  he  (ace,  .n  naked  u.ajesty ;  when  ho  sees  Alps  on  Alp.  arise; 
"hen  he  lloats  over  unlalhomabie  depths,  through  a  mountain 
^'orge,- the  sublimity  entirely  ove.  whelms  the  sense  ol  si«ht 
iiiiil  lascinates  the  iinagination.  ' 

The  change  j.rodueed  upon  the  thinking  part  of  man  in  pass- 
nig  Iron,  the  broad  -St.  Lawrenee  into  the  seemingly  narrow 
and  aulnlly  deep  «aguenay,, whose  waters  lave  the  sides  of  the 
towering  .uountaius,  which  almost  shut  out  the  very  li.d.t  of 
heaven,  is  such  as  no  pen  can  paint  nor  tongue  describe  °  It  is 
a  nver  which  one  should  see  it  only  to  know  what  drea.lful 
asjH.cts  xVature  can  assume  in  her  wil.l  uiuods.  Compared  to  it 
the  l>ead  Sea  is  blooming,  and  the  wildest  ravines  look  rosy 
-Hi  .smilm,, :  it  is  wild  and  grand  apparently  in  spite  of  itself! 
On  eUuT  s.ue  rise  dills  varying  in  perj.endicular  height  from 
one  thousand  two  hundred  to  one  thousand  six  hundred  feet ; 
and  this  ,s  the  character  of  the  River  Saguenay  from  its  mouth 
to  Its  source. 

The  trip  may  be  taken  from  Quebec,  either  by  steamer 
v/h.ch  leaves  Qnebee  twice  a  week  fbr  Tadousac  at  the  mouth 
o  the  river  and  also  for  the  sail  up  the  stream,  or  by  taking 
the  Grand  Irunk  liailroad  to  the  mouth  of  the  river,  and  then 
going  up  by  steamer  to  Grand  Bay  (or  Ila-ha  Bay,  as  it  is  also 
'•al  e  i;.  Ihe  Saguenay  River  is  tbnned  by  a  j  iuction  of  two 
outlets  of  the  St.  John  Lake,  a  body  of  water  coverin.  five 
mndred  square  miles,  and  lying  in  the  wilderness  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  miles  north-west  of  Tadousac.  Up 
towards  the  lake  there  are  magnificent  cascades,  where  the 
water  dashes  along  between  banks  of  solid  rock  from  one  hun- 
dred to  one  thousand  feet  high. 

Ila-ha  Bay,  which  is  sixty  miles  from  its  mouth,  affords  the 
tuM  landing  and  anchorage.     The  name  of  this  bay  is  said  to 


■"^-*.^^s^p'.?j?"y.'?S' 


160 


TOCItlSTS-    IIAM)H00K. 


arUe  from  the  cin.u.n.taneeB  of  .arly  navigatow  ,,.-oceed,n^  n. 
sailing  vmoU  up  a  river  ot  ll.is  kin.l  lor  mx.  v  nuK.  w..h  .tern. 
,a.ucL«  of  feature,  .ten.  an.l  hi«l.  roeke  on  wh.-l.  they  .on U 
not  laud,  and  no  bottou.  H.r  their  anchors,  at  lant  l.roko  out  into 
lauuhiu-,  11a,  hal  when  they  found  lan.hng  and  anehorago. 

There  are  un.rc  than  thirty  river«  that  en.pty  into  the  Sag- 
ueuay,  which  Ib  very  deep  and  switl  and  eold,  and  so  dark 
th«t  the  water  iookn  like  ink.     The  hanks  present  a  eontn.ual 
succession  of  pictured  rocks  an.l  towering  prer.p.ces.     "It  h 
as  if  the  mountain  range  had  heeu  chit    asunder,  leaving  a 
l,on-id   gulf  sixty    miles  long   and  four   thousand    leet  deep 
through  the  gray  mi.a  selu^t."     An.ong  the  po.nt«  of  greater, 
note  on  the  .Sagnenay,  n.ay  bo  named  Statue  l>o.nt,  an  nnn.ense 
,K.,.pendieular  rock  helow  Ha-ha  Bay,  which  ri.se«  six  hnndre.l 
L,  with  sides  as  siuootl.  as  if  polished  by  "      •llu    workman. 
Hut  the  grandest  and  most  majestic,  those  which  fill  the  m.nds 
of  all  beholders  with  admiration,  are 

C  ipe»  Trinity  and  Eternity, 

«ix  miles  above  ^..  John's  Hay.  They  are  immense  promon- 
tories of  solid  r.ek,  projecting  boldly  into  the  -tn-am,  and  r.s- 
i,,,,  sheer  from  the  almost  fathomle.ss  -.leptl'«»'  th«  "ver.  M 
thtir  very  base  the  largest  ships  may  ride.  A  recent  visitor 
thus  graphically  describes  the  scene  as  you  near  these  wonder- 
£ul  capes :  — 

»  Approaching  from  the  north,  Cape  Trinity  appears  first  - 
a  sinXmountaTn  of  granite  and  syenite,  f.t.een  hundred  leet 

LinSl  at  thS  tLe,  completing  the  mighty  work  so  htly  called 
^Cape  IVlnity  Cape  Eternity  is  a  vast  rounded  monn  a.n, 
eighteen  hundred  feet  high,  bleak  and  bare  s.  its  neighbor 


acro! 
Iler« 
one  1 
oftb 

St 
cave 
entrf 
of  80 
wind 
dowi 
the  ( 
Beyo 
ored 
wide 

Til 
in  tl 
Jless 
on  S 
are  f 
allbn 

Re 
and  • 
scene 
pan8( 
splen 
Comj 
Shed 
Perct 
alforr 
Point 
Picto 
Nortl 
throu, 
A  mo 
imagi 


)t»A'. 

xvigatoM  jiroceedinn  in 
•ixt  V  iiiiK'i,  wiili  ot(!rn:»l 
ks  on  wLicli  thi-y  coiil.l 
rs,  at  last  broko  out  into 
linj|{  ami  ani'horago. 
at  iiii|'tv  into  the  Saj;- 
aiul  cold,  and  bo  dark 
iikH  prusont  a  continual 
riii^  prciipiees.     '■  It  i* 
Ml    a«uniler,  leaving  a 
u"   thousand    I'ect  deep 
1^  the  points  of  {rreatest 
statue  I'oint,  an  ininieiiae 
which  rises  six  hundred 
d  by  '■    '  'd'ul  workman, 
lose  which  fill  the  nuuds 


:ernlty, 

ey  are  iiiiniehsti  pronion- 
into  the  -treain,  and  ris- 
'teptlis  of  the  river.  At 
vy  ride.  A  recent  visitor 
s  you  near  these  wondei- 


10  Trinity  appears  first,  — 
snite,  fiticen  hundred  leel 
It  Btiurcase  ;  the  j,'reat  alti- 
)  steps  or  shoulders,  each 

eeutral  one  of  which  has 
at  the  White  Mountains, 
hanges ;  and  one  may  now 
e  at  tue  lolty  summit  but 
uighty  work  so  fitly  called 
I  vast   rountled  mountain, 

and  bare  as  its  neighbor 


TO  irniSTS  •   IIASDBOOK. 


161 


across  llie  way,  but  even  more  tremenrloun  in  I's  umjesty. 
Here,  indeed,  iho  rock  iiani^H  so  Ihreaienin^'  oveiluad,  that 
on."  (iliiidders  and  shrinks  iiislinciiM-ly,  whiU;  the  atiual  dtptli 
of  the  water  is  one  mile  ami  a  quaiier  at  its  loot," 

Statue  Point  has  a  liu^c  riolhic  an-h,  opening  into  a  va>t 
cave,  wiiich,  it  is  paid,  the  foot  of  man  never  trod.  Hefor  th  ) 
entrance  to  this  black  a|>erture  a  gigantic  rock,  like  the  statue 
of  some  dead  Titan,  once  stood.  A  liaw  years  ago,  during  the 
wintir,  it  gave  way ;  and  the  monKtrous  figure  came  cia-hing 
down  through  the  ice  of  the  Si>      -  .<!  left  bare  to  view 

the  entrance  to  the  cavern  it  guaided  perhaps  fiir  ages. 

Beyond  this  U  the  vast  'J'ahleau  Uock,  a  sheet  of  dirk-i  ol- 
oreil  limestone,  some  six  hundred  feet  high  by  three  hundred 
wide,  as  straight  and  almost  as  smooth  as  a  mirror. 

Tiie  trip  may  be  made  fnmi  (iuebee  to  (irand  Hay  and  beck 
in  three  days.  The  .Saguenay  Line  of  steamers,  of  which 
Messrs.  Stevenson  &  I.eve  are  agents,-  their  oOice  being 
on  St.  Lcmis  Street,  directly  opposite  the  Si.  Louis  Hotel,— 
are  famous  fi.r  ihcir  speed,  safety,  and  the  comforts  they 
allbrd  to  p.issengers. 

Returning  to  Quebec,  wo  may  —  if  we  desire  a  longer  trip, 
and  one  whieh  will  give  us  a  view  of  the  wild  'ind  m.ijcstic 
scenery  of  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  and  tlie  boundless  e.x- 
panso  of  the  North  Atlantic— take  passage  by  one  of  the 
splendid  steamships  of  the  Quebec  ami  (iulf  Ports  Steamship 
Company,  — the  "  Secret,"  "  Miramichi,"  or  "  Georgia,"  —  for 
Shediac,  Pictou,  or  Charlottetown.  On  the  trip  we  shall  see 
Perce,  with  its  famous  arched  rock  rising  from  tlie  waters,  and 
affording  a  passage  for  the  waves ;  the  Isle  of  Orleans  ;  Farther 
Point;  Chaleur,  Miramichi,  and  Gaspd  Bays.  From  Shediac  or 
Pictou  we  may  return  to  Boston  by  Intercolonial,  European  and 
North  American,  Maine  Central,  and  Eastern  Railways,  pa.«!-in<' 
through  St.  John,  N.B.,  Bangor,  Augusta,  and  Portland,  Mt" 
A  more  delightful  winding  up  of  a  summer  trip  couM  n.jt  be 
imagined. 

11 


CHAPTER   XU. 


Qtt«1>«o  to  the  Whita  Monntaiai. 

HE  tourist  or  pleasurc-seoker  wbofe  time  will 
pcrir.it  gliould  not  return  lionie  witliout  a  vliit 
to  the  Wliite  Mountninn,  which   is  easily  ar- 
ranged on  the  return  from  Montreal  or  Que- 
bec, with  only   a    slight  detour.    From  tlio 
former  city,  crossing  the  Victoria  Bridge  south- 
ward,  there  arc  three   roiitos  from  which  tn 
choose:  one  by  Orand  Trunk  Railway  from  St.  Lambert  via 
Richmond  Junction   to  Littleton  or  Bethlehem;   the  second, 
via   South-eastern   and   Connecticut   and  Passumpno   Ilivers 
Railroads  from  St.  Johns,  down  through  Newport   to  Wells 
River  Vt.,  an.l  thence  up  to  Littleton  or  BethUhem;  the  third 
by  the  main  line,  through  St.  Albans  to  Essex  Junction,  thence 
by  Vermont  Central  down  to  White  River  Junction,  then  up 
through  Wells  River  to  Littleton  or  Bethlehem.     From  Que- 
bec we  cross  the  St.  Lawrence  to  Point  Levi,  and  follow  the 
Grand  Trunk  through  Richmond  Junction  down  to  Littleton 
or  Bethlehem.     Arrived  at  the  railway  terminus, -  whiohevtr 
of  the  two  laat-named  stations  we  choose  as  our  point  of  ap- 
proach to  the  mountains, -we  transfer  ourselves  to  the  six- 
home  stage-coach  which  conveys  us  to  the  Profile  House,  in  the 
162 


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lionie  wjtlicut  a  vitit 
,  which   is  easily  ar- 
oin  Montreal  or  Que- 
t  detour.    From  tlie 
Victoria  Bridge  south- 
roiitos  from  which  tn 
from  St.  Lambert  r/(i 
ithleliem;   the  sicond, 
d  Passumpfio   IliverH 
rh  Newport  to  Wells 
Bethlihem;  the  third 
sssex  Junction,  thence 
VL't  Junction,  then  up 
sthkhem.     From  Que- 
t  Levi,  and  follow  the 
tion  down  to  Littleton 
terminus,  —  whichevt-r 
ise  as  our  point  of  ap- 
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^g^  TOVniSTS'  IIAXUBOOK. 

very  heart  of  the  Franconia  N^.h      ^Us  botel  «t-d^  on  a 

and  at  the  very  foot  »'  *;*g^«;"^  ^^,,,  .J,^„,,  frcn  the 
to  threaten  the  house  below,  '".'>^''/;'  ^  j^,  ^^de  it 
fact  that  a  few  years  ago  a  P-  "^  "P^«J'''^.,X^i,,  ,ntinel 
their  home.      '^^^^  7!^  ^^^'VLd^nptinl     Echo  Lake  is 

bu.  v.„  de,p  P»»-^-   ""-^J  ™7^„„  „;  .t,  di.ol„rg,  of  . 

r  peated. 

Profile  or  Cannon  Mountain. 
This  mountain  derives  its  names  from  the  --^--e  "^^^ 

,,I  of  reeks  on  Us  -^^^  ^ ^    iTeS^  '"d 
„bo^  3  the  road,  douhk  t^t  height  ,^^  ^^.  ^,^^ 

direetly  0PP«f «  ^,f  ^,2' on Te'souti.ern  extremi.y  of  its 

Hawthorne,  and  familiar  to  all  -'*-;  ^  ^^"^^."^^i^  ,,  ^he  top 
Mountain,"  is  eighty  feet  f-™  J^^JJ^"  J  tet  above  the 
of  the  forehead;  and  U  is  f^.'^^^^^^  %e,  which  is  clearly 

»  Old  Man's  Wash  Bowl.  ^  ^^^^.^ 

Bald  Mountain  .s  ascended  «'".'"  *''^°i„^./ Mount  La- 
-d,andfromits— taney^^^^^^^ 

fayette  is  the  g.ant  ofj^^^^f'  l^.^^,  ,,  fo,„.    lt« 

hundred  and  ^^^J^  ^^^'^^^t'.evior  bridle-path;  bu.  the 


surroi 
Falls, 
leiipii 


is  five 
is  forn 
which 
ite.  1 
the  pel 
feet  b 
eighte< 
tmalle! 
great  d 


TounrsTS'  hanohook. 


1C5 


botel  stands  on  a 
of  the  great  \xi\h, 
ing  crag,  seeming 
ts  name  from  the 
lid  eagles  made  it 
with   its    sentinel 
ng.     Echo  Lake  is 
lotch,  a  diminutive 
mountains.     From 
the  discharge  of  a 
echoes  many  timiss 


he  resemblance  of  a 
1  cannon,  2,000  feet 
3  the  sea-level,  and 
western  side  of  the 
lern  extremity  of  its 
Uzed  ia  literature  by 
the"OidMjnoftbe 
)f  thrt  chin  to  the  top 
1500  feet  above  the 
•ofile,  which  is  clearly 
Lern   forehead,  promi- 
chin.     At  the  foot  of 
I  Lake,  called  also  the 

>  hotel  by  a  carriage- 
obtained.  Mount  La- 
•ing  ii^«  thousand  two 
yramidal  in  form.  Its 
i  bridle-path;  but  the 
le  mountain  range  and 


surrounding  country,  compensates  for  the  fatigue.  Walker's 
Falls,  in  the  rear  of  the  road,  are  a  .series  of  mountain  cascades, 
leaping  like  ;i  ribbon  of  silvtr  down  through  a  cntracttd  gorge. 


i'HOflLE  MUUNTAiy,  FIIASCOMA  XUTCIl. 

The  Basia 

is  five  miles  south  of  the  Notch,  and  lies  near  the  road,-ide.  It 
is  formed  by  the  action  of  the  wntir  of  thu  Pemigewassa, 
which  pours  over  a  rocky  ledge  into  a  hollow  in  the  solid  gran- 
ite. This  hollow,  by  the  incessant  whirling  of  the  water" and 
the  pebbles  which  it  carries  with  it,  has  been  worn  into  a  per- 
fect bowl,  nearly  circular,  forty-five  feet  in  diameter,  ar.d 
eighteen  feet  deep.  The  clearness  of  the  water  is  such  that  tl:  e 
smallest  objects  on  the  bottonj  are  clearly  discerned,  though  iis 
great  depth  gives  it  a  bright  green  tint. 


16G 


TOVniSTS'    HASPDOOK. 


The  Flame 


is  perhaps  the  most  famous,  an-l  U  certainly  not  the  least  won- 
Lal.oti.e  curiosities  in  tl.e  Franconia  Moun.a.ns.  Imag  c 
a  .olid  mas,  of,ranite,  split  to  the  depth  of  ....y  f-t  a.l  the 
pcpendi.ular  walls  separated  twenty  feet  and  >«"  '-^^  a" 
Lea  of  the  Mume.     Through  it  pours  a  l.ttle  hrook .  and  . 


THE  FLUME.  FRANCOS U. 
nhtik  walk  alon.^side  enables  the  visitor  to  nscend  i  s  course 
Sral  hundred  feet.  Near  the  upper  end  a  huge  bowlder, 
Ihich  evidently  lay  on  the  surface  when  the  rock  was  nveu, 
has  fallen  into'the  ch,sm,  until  the  sides,  g.n.ly  sloping  .n- 
^ard,  have  caught  and  hold  it  suspende.l  m  mid  air.  The  Las 
cade  below  the  Flume,  is  a  waterfall  of  more  than  s.x  hund  ed 

feet  descent,  gliding  over  the  polished   rock  hke   a  .heet  of 

mollen  silver. 


1^  .".n 
and  I 
from 
of  ih 
hund 
Georj 
vicini 
the  n 
bund 
Ila 
the  tt 
Plym 
retr.K 
toTv 


Thi 
in  181 
bank 
the  \ 
Moun 
linctl; 
above 
additi 
demai 
house! 
can  tI 
Amon 
lain  1 
cascac 
Litdel 
it  is  b 
stage) 


TOUniSTS'    HANDBOOK. 


167 


lot  the  least  won- 
miaiiis.  Imagine 
(Illy  feet,  and  the 
and  )ou  liave  an 
ittlo  tifook  ;  and  :i 


:o  ascend  i  s  course 
end  a  huge  bowlder, 
the  rock  was  riven, 
8,  g^  ntly  sloping  in- 
n  mid  air.  The  Cas- 
orc  than  six  hundred 
•ock  like   a  sheet  of 


The  Fool 

!■<  .^.n  enlarged  edition  of  the  Basin.  It  is  about  cue  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  wide ;  and  the  water  is  forty  feet  deep.  It  is  cut 
from  the  solid  granite  by  the  chisel  of  Nature.  From  the  top 
of  the  rocky  wall  which  surrounds  it,  its  depth  is  alwut  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet.  The  Harvard  Falls,  also  called  the 
Georgianna  Falls,  are  the  most  remaikable  cascades  in  the 
vicinity.  For  nearly  a  mile  they  follow  each  other  down 
the  mountain ;  and  the  uppermost  makes  a  flying  leap  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  feet  sheer. 

Having  thus  "  done  "  the  wonders  of  the  Franconia  region, 
the  tourist  may  follow  the  valley  of  the  Pemigewasset  down  to 
Plymouth,  and  thence  by  rail  to  Lake  VVinniiiiseogee,  or  may 
retr.ice  his  steps  to  Littleton  or  Bethlehem,  and  thence  by  rail 
to  Twin-Mountain  station,  at  the  very  door  of  the 

Twin-Uonntain  House. 

This  new  and  first-class  hotel,  with  entire  new  furniture,  built 
in  1869-70,  is  pleasantly  situated  on  a  rise  of  ground  on  the 
bank  of  the  Ammonoosuc  River,  commanding  a  fine  view  of 
the  While  and  Franconia  Mountains.  To  the  right  rises 
Mount  Laf  yette  in  all  its^-randeur;  while  to  the  left,  and  dis- 
tinctly visible,  is  the  White  Mountain  range;  and  towering 
above  all  is  Mount  "Washington.  Since  last  sea.«on  extensive 
additions  have  been  made  to  meet  the  constantly  increasing 
demands  of  the  public,  making  it  one  of  the  largest  summer 
houses  among  the  mountains.  Being  centrally  locited,  parties 
can  visit  many  points  of  interest,  and  return  the  same  day. 
Among  these  are  the  Crawford  House,  with  its  Wiiite  Moun- 
tain Notch,  Mount  Willard,  the  Wiiley  Hou.se,  and  numerous 
cascades.  Mount  Washington  and  its  railway,  Profile  House, 
Littleton,  Waumbek  House,  and  Bethlehem.  From  this  house 
it  is  but  ten  miles  to  the  Crawford  House  (five  by  rail,  five  by 
stage)  ;  ten  mihs  to  the  depot  of  the  Mount  Washington  Rail- 


wiiy,  wl 
the  CP( 
twcnty- 
Partica 
cent  of 
tncchan 
nually< 
(brtablj 
new  obj 
lakes,  a 
tlic  sun 
highest 
Partit'8 
I  he  can 
Ilouao  I 
Moimta 
and  to  t 
7,30  in 
ing,  lea' 

I-.M. 

The  1 
a  8,)Ui-l 
uxten>ic 
field,  IJ< 
P.M. ; 
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the  mor 
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TOUtUSTS'   llAXD/IOOK. 


1(59 


way,  whoro  cara  are  taken  for  a  trip  over  the  famed  rail  lino  to 
the  crowning  gumrnit;  tliirty  miieii  to  tho  (JIoii  Iliui-e,  and 
twenty-eight  miles  to  (Jorham,  by  the  Cherry  Mountain  road. 
Parties  viuitinp  the  mountainn  shoiiM  not  fail  of  making  the  as- 
cent of  Mount  WiL-liington  by  its  railway,  wiiieh  is  a  triumph  of 
mechanical  ^-kill  anil  engineering.  Thousands  of  persons  are  an- 
nually carried  up  this  road  with  perfect  ease  and  .■tafety.  Com- 
fortably seated  in  their  cars,  rising  at  the  rate  of  one  foot  in  three, 
new  objects  of  interest  come  before  the  eye.  Villages,  rivers, 
lakes,  and  mountains  continually  burst  upon  the  view  until 
the  summit  is  reached,  when  the  beholder  stands  upon  the 
hij-hest  point  of  land  in  this  countiy  east  of  the  Mississippi. 
Parties  de-firing  to  descend  the  mountain  on  the  east  side,  by 
the  carriage  road,  will  find  carriages  in  readiness  for  the  Glen 
riouso  and  Gorham.  Coaches  run  to  and  from  the  Twin- 
Mountain  House  to  all  important  points  about  the  mountains, 
and  to  (he  Mount  Washington  llailway.  Leaving  the  house  at 
7.30  in  the  morning,  you  reach  the  summit  at  12  m.;  return- 
ing, leave  the  suoamit  at  3,  p..m.,  and  reach  the  hous3  at  C.30, 

l-.AI. 

The  Boston,  Concord,  and  IVIontre.il  Railroad  has  extended 
a  spur-track  to  this  house,  and  the  present  season  opens  an 
exten.-ion  to  the  Fabyan  House.  Passengers  leaving  Spring- 
field, Boston,  or  Buiiington,  Vt.,  in  the  morning,  arrive  at  6.20, 
P.M.;  and  those  leaving  Wells  River  in  the  morning  arrive 
here,  at  noon.  Passengera  can  take  the  cars  at  this  house  in 
the  morning,  and  reach  Boston,  New  York,  Newport,  Burling- 
ton, or  Montreal  the  same  day.  For  the  ph-asure  of  the  guests 
the  proprietors  have  provided  billiards,  Iwwiing,  pleasure-boats, 
croquet  grounds,  and  a  gootl  band  during  the  season. 

Post  and  telegraph  offices  are  located  in  the  house ;  and 
"horses  and  carriages,  with  experienced  drivers,  are  furnished 
for  parties  when  desired."  Those  afHicted  with  "hay-fever," 
or  "  autumnal  catarrh,"  will  find  comfort  in  the  fact  that  the 
larger  number  of  those  afHicted  with  thia  disease,  who  have 


170 


TOVlllSTS'    HANDBOOK. 


been  hm.  in  years  pa«t.  boar  te..l».ony  to  partK.  •  an.     n  .^^^ 
ca«.H  .nti-o,  relief  from  tl.is  diHtre«.intt  malady.      1 1'^^ '''"^''f. 
oxtra...  from  a  l.tter  fro.n  this  house  to  '•  '1  he  New  V  .rk  Le.l'.-er, 
by  the    llev.  Honrv  Ward   Beecber,  who  has  hren    a  ^reat 
m.norer  fn.ra  tl,is  disease,  but  has  been  exempt  IVom  .t  dur.nR 
,bo  ,.a«t  two  reasons  whieh  he  ha.  .pent  at  this  hou.e,  mm 
„oi,'t :    "  Meanwh.le  another  year  warranto  n>c  m  sayin;:  tha 
L  vi.it  hither  in  ahnr^t  a  certain  relief;  not  one  )>"--;; 
patients  failiMK  to  obtain  essential  if  not  ent.re  rehet.     We  c 
L  out  in  the  sun.  stan.l  in  the  mud  morning  and  evenm?,  and 
Tn  .pite  of  dust,  rain,  or  c.  ill  we  are  well.-L'.u.  />«.        A- 
T  and  O.  1-.  Barron  a-e  the  proprietors.      One  feature  of  tlu- 
manaiiem.nt  of  -he  Messrs.  Hurron  is  worthy  of  note.     A   arm 
of  twtlvc  hundred  a.ros  near  White  «--  '^"-"""'/^'^ 
old  homestead  farn,  at  Queechee,  Vt.,  Hupply  vegetablen,  nnlk, 
oK^B,  an.i  butter  for  their  houses,  and  truests  may  be  sure  of  a  - 
wtl  Rettin.  the  Ireshest  and  best  of  farm  and  dairy  products 

at  their  table. 

The  same  Brm  are  also  propiictorB  of  the  famous 

(jrawlord  House, 
at  the  head  of  the  White  Mountain  Notch,  the  headquarters  of 
the  region.  This  sphn.Ud  hotel,  newly  furn.hed,  and  provued 
with  .in  the  appliances  of  a  moelern  resort,  is  so  placed  as  t 
command  f,om  its  spaeious  piaz.as  a  grand  v.s.a  down  the 
wondrous  White  Mountain  Noteh,  and  views  of  ^l-e -tnm.t  o 
Mount  WiUard,  which  is  reached  by  carnage  road  from  th>s 

point,  and  of  the 

Elephant's  Head, 

a  singular  mass  of  rock,  projecting  frcm  the  mountain  side,  and 
so  perfectly  formed  that  no  one  needs  to  be  told  what  .t  is.  A 
.listening  seam  of  white  rock  simulates  th«  tusk,  wh.le  he 
massive  head,  pendulous  trunk,  an  J  huge  ears  are  represented 
by  dark  gr.iy  crags. 


Si 


gi 


>  partiiil.  and  in  nuK^t 
ilady.  'llic  Inllowiiid 
leNewYnrkLetl'^'cr,"' 

lo  has  »Mt'n    '•*   «"■'*' 
c.inpt  fioin  it  iluring 
it   at  i\w  liousi',  is  in 
ntfl  nio  in  sayin;;  that 
;  not  one  ptr  cent  ot 
iiiliru  n-lief.     We  can 
\\\^  anil  I'veninji,  and 
\.  —  L<nts  Deo!"     A. 
One  leaturo  of  the 
)rthy  (if  note.     A  farm 
iviT  Junction,  ami  'he 
njiply  vegetables',  milk, 
ii'Sts  may  be  sure  of  al- 
i,rm  and  didry  prodiicts 

the  famous 


tch,  the  lu-adiinartcrs  of 
furnlbhed,  and  provided 
■sort,  is  so  placed  as  to 
grand  vista  down  the 
views  of  the  sunnnit  of 
carriage  road  from  this 


1  the  mountain  side,  and 
;o  be  told  what  it  is.  A 
tea  ihii  tusk,  while  the 
ige  eai-s  are  represented 


J? 


r 


172 


Touiusrs'  iiASonooK. 


From  the  Criiwfonl  Iloumr  one  may  aH.iMi.l  Mount  Washmjrton 
»,y  l.ri.ll.-|.*ll..  carriHH..-ro-Ml,  or  raihvav.  ^p.-n^l  iJu,  i.inh'  "t  tlu| 
Mount  ^Va^l.inKt..n.  Snmiuit,  or  Tip  Top  ll-.n^.-,  ami  .U*'.-  .1 
ni-xt  d..)-  ..„  the  oth.  r  «i.l.-  to  lh«  (Jlcn  \hnm'\  -r  1...  may  lake 


the  Bta?e  coach  via  Cherry  Mountain  road  over  ihe  JcfTeri-on 
Hills,  from  wl.icl.  a  wonderfully  fine  view  of  Mount  \  aslnuii- 
ton.from  a  new  standpoint,  is  {rained.  Starr  King',  most  tn- 
tUuBiastic  desciipiions  were  of  this  lotality. 


Mount  Wahliin^'tim 
ml  [\w  iiinhi  ftt  t\\'' 
liHiK',  ami  (li'Ci'f  l 
m> ;  111-  lit-  may  taku 


■»  "5 


'■4 


\K' 


til  over  the  .TcfTeriion 
w  of  Mount  Vasliinj!- 
Starr  King'f  most  iii- 
tv. 


TOiffii.iTS'  iiA\i>nnoK. 


173 


From  JifTiT!.  n  n  riiln  of  twenty  milcn  nrounl  ilie  hwo  of 
Mount  MniliHon  lirin>(«  uh  to  tho  (ilen  ilou'<i' ;  or,  it' we  prefer 
to  make  the  journey  from  the  CiuwIomI  IIoiim>  l.y  another 
route,  w(^  take  tin'  dtajj.'-coaeh  at  the  door,  anil  nre  soon  raltlin"^ 
<lown  thniiinh  the  wuild-lkmoun  U'hitit  Mountain  Noteli. 

The  White  Mountain  Notch. 

Thin  U  aporjrr,  or  rll>,  through  the  mountaim,  nlii(  ha'fonlH 
a  wftter-i'our«e  lor  thu  Saco  Uiver.     On  either  haml  ilnt  moun- 


(lArn  Of  rut:  sorcu. 


tains  tower  to  the  height  of  two  thousand  Ibet ;  and  the  carriage 
road  is  c  it  from  the  very  mountain  side,  clinging,  as  it  were,  to 


j-^  TOUniSTS'   HANDBOOK. 

Ihe  ver..   of  the   steep  declivity,  >vhi!c  far  below   t:»e  rivor 

bll.  T.n.l  babbles  over  its  Btony  bed.     In  one  pl«ce,calW 

tie  "Gateway ''the  Notch  i.  but  twenty-two  le.t  w.de      O. 

he  way  down  the  Notch  v.e  pa.s  the  Flun.e,  a  narrow  bIu.co- 

way  wovn  into  the  solid  vock  of  the  mountain  .de,  down  wh  eh 

courses,  with  tl>e  swiftness  of  ligl>t,  a  mountain  stream      A  hit  . 

•all  on  we  see  the  Silver  Cascade.     This  is  one  of  the  most 

h    ming   watcfldls  imaginable,  and  may    be  t.aeel  hke  a 

•    S  of  .liver  winding  down  over  the  glassy  rock  from  e.ght 

undVed   feet  ab.ve  the  road.     Still  farther  down,  between 

Mount  Webster  and  the  WiUey  Mountain,  we  see  at  the  nght 

of  the  road  that  historic  building,  the  Willey  House. 

The  Willev  House,  and  its  Historic  Tragedy. 
Here  on  the  '.S.h  of  August,  1826,  the  %Yilley  Fan.ily,  nine 
intmb  r,  alarmed  by  the  noise   and  sight  of  a  terr.fic  ava- 
Knche  coraln..  straight  down  the  mountain-s.de   towards  thu 
Lmche  cmT,m  .      ^^^aken    and   buried  by  the    rushmg 

::  '  1;:;  Tek  bal-k  of  the  house  divided  the  earth-slide, 
^nd  saved  the"  house.  It  has  been  greatly  enlarged,  and  is  now 
a  Place  of  entertainment.  Sparkling  Cascade  and  Sylvan 
r.,  rMX  are  pretty  waterfalls  below  the  Willey  House, 
r  fyLtrLo  VaC^^low  Sawyer's  Roek,  we  turn  to^he 
;  a^d  cress  the  Ellis  Hive,-,  getting  a  view  of  the  Goodr^^h 
li  he  most  lofty  aud  imposing  cataract  m  the  mouctam. 
A  mile  fir  ,n  Jackson  is  reached,  where  are  some  y  ry 
t^  cascades  on  ^-0^  -oo^^^     '^JIlll" 

Piukham  Notch,  passing  by  th«  way  the  beautiful 

Olen  £lUs  Tall, 
^hcre  the  water  of  the   liver    pours   down  over  a  precipice 


fur   below    i'.it  rivr 
In  one  place,  callnl 
-two  I'e^t  wide.     On 
uinc,  a  narrow  bIuico- 
tain  side,  down  which 
tain  stream.     A  liitlo 
'his  is  one  of  the  most 
lay    be  trace  1  like  a 
;la8sy  rock  from  eight. 
irther  down,  betweiin 
1,  we  see  at  the  right 
illey  House. 

)rio  Tragedy, 
c  Willey  Family,  nine 
igbt  of  a  terrific  ava- 
itain-side   towards  the 
uried  by  the    rushing 
Jivided  the  earth-slide, 
ly  enlarged,  and  is  now 
Cascade   and    Sylvan 
low  tbe  AVilley  House. 
'a  Roek,  we  turn  to  the 
a  view  of  the  Goodrich 
iract  in  the  mountains, 
where  are  some  very 
k.      The   views  of  the 
int.    From  Jackson  we 
:iver,  and   through   the 
e  beautiful 


down  over  a  precipice 
;t  arch  of  foamy  spi  ay  ; 
it   the  same  height,  and 


176 


TOURISTS'   HAXmOOK. 


aptly  described  ae  an  inverted  plume;  past  the  Enwrald  rooi, 
V/ •         •  .  i.P,.ntv  'l-horoP'on's  Falls,  and  the  Gai.net  Tools, 


1&5- 


Oi£JV  ^TiiiS  ii-ylitif. 


At  ,1.0  very  foot  of  Mount  AVashington,  .nd  look.ng  np  half 
til .  ly  into  bis  face,  mts  tbe  GU  n,  in  whose  green  b.p  nestles  the 
rb.n  rouse  On  the  no.tb  stnt  b  away  Ad«n  s,  Jeffemn, 
cl:;  I'd  Madison,  frownin,  down  upon  the  F.su.pt.ous  httle 


Glen  I 

days, 

palin<> 

its  mil 

cold  a 

brijjlit 

pie  at 

you  tc 

Pools, 

gloom 

Mouni 


Tlie 
for  tn 
turnpi 
There 
than  i 
mount 
have  ( 
carriaj 
summi 
the  W 

Hav 
mount 
"  Led^ 
the  be! 
tains,  I 
rificati 
roa<l  o 
the  Sa 
road  1 
last, 
mit  G, 


Tocnisrs'  handbook. 


177 


8t  the  Enwralrt  Too!, 
iiid  the  Garget  Ttwls, 
i  is  one  of  the  largest 
r  liundrt'd  rooms,  and 
lis  in  all  departments. 


Glen  (larin<T  to  watch  thfir  moods.  Rut  ever  in  the  summer 
days,  she  sits  there  looking  up  at  that  still  face.  Hushing  and 
paling  by  turns,  infinitely  varying  in  its  liglits  and 'shadows, 
its  mists  and  clouds;  and  at  the  whole  grand  massive  oui line, 
cold  and  blue  in  the  early  morning,  warm  and  golde>i  in  the 
bright  warm  sunlight,  and  gorgeous  with  the  crinison  and  pur- 
ple at  twilight.  From  this  point  teams  are  provided  to  take 
you  to  the  Crystal  Cascade,  Glen  Ellis,  Emerald  and  Garnet 
Pools,  the  Imp  Mountain,  Tuckcrman's  Ravine,  — with  its 
gloomy  depth  and  masses  of  eternal  snow,  —  West  IJraneh, 
Mount  Carter,  and,  grandest  of  all,  the 


;on,  flnd  looking  up  half 

hose  green  h.p  nestles  the 

away  Adan  e,  Jefferson, 

on  the  p.  f  sumptuous  little 


Assent  of  Hoant  Washington. 

The  road,  which  was  completed  to  the  summit  and  opened 
for  travel  in  1861,  is  a  smooth  and  well-built  macadamized 
turnpike.  The  average  grade  is  twelve  feet  in  one  hundred. 
There  is  no  difficulty  in  the  ascent,  and  no  more  discomfort 
than  in  the  same  amount  of  carriage-rid  ng  upon  any  of  the 
mountain  roads.  The  carriages  are  easy  and  comfortable,  and 
have  experienced  drivers  capable  of  giving  information.  Tlu-se 
carriages  are  accompanied  by  baggage- w agons ;  and  at  the 
summit  of  the  Mountain  you  may  taJce  the  railroad  down  to 
the  White  Mountain  Notch. 

Having  passed  through  the  forest  that  covers  the  base  of  the 
mountain,  the  road  emerges  on  the  mountain  side  near  the 
"  Ledge."  Clay,  Jefferson,  Adams,  and  Madison  are  seen  to 
the  best  advantage  froir  here ;  and  Starr  King  calls  these  moun- 
tains, seen  from  this  point,  "Nature's  struggle  against  pet- 
rification, the  earth's  cry  for  air  !  "  Rising  from  the  Ledge  the 
road  overlooks  the  valley  of  the  Ellis  and  Peabody  Rivers,  and 
the  Saco  Valley,  famed  in  song.  Plateau  after  plate  lu  does  the 
road  reach,  each  one,  as  we  look  up  to  it,  seeming  to  be  the 
last.  Finally,  afler  abont  threee  hours'  ride,  we  reach  the  sum- 
mit G,300  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea. 
12 


jyg  TOUBJSTS'  HANDBOOK. 

u  The  first    etlert  upon  standing  on  the   summit  of  Monnt 


'rEAmDT  wrM  /»-x>  "OV^t  wash.hotos. 


p,«.is  <!»•»  •"'•*  f  ^''iJtS   „d  youa«.t  the 


Tlier 
ribbo 
tired 
over 
you  ( 


Fr 

Note; 

long 

tists, 

ferrec 

lies  j 

peaks 

The 

expai 

River 

Kiai'S 

well-1 

lioteh 

accon 

The 

eeasoi 

was   j 

etyle, 

Song, 

exact 

of  the 

his  loi 

most  i 

tower 

seen 

Moun 

massif 

the  le 


K. 

)  gummit  of  Monnt 
3  at  the  extent  and 
igh  we  were  looking 
I  tempest.  But  in  a 
bis,  and  \)egin  to  feel 


T  WASHINGTON. 


ig  a  licrizon  line  that  in 
land."  The  diameter  of 
lies ;  and  you  are  at  the 
B,  in  every  direction,  are 
,  'be  kissed  by  the  Bun. 


TOURISTS'   HANDBOOK. 


179 


There  are  lakes,  rivers,  villages,  and  roads  no  broader  than  a 
ribbon,  stretching  away  so  many  miles  that  it  makes  one 
tired  ;  but  the  warm  blue  mountains,  chain  upon  chain,  are 
over  and  above  all.  Upon  these  thin-js  do  you  look  down  ;  and 
you  can  look  up  —  only  at  httaven. 

North  Conway  and  its  Beauties. 
From  the  Glen  House  a  pplendid  dtive  down  the  Pinkham 
Notch  and  the  Saco  Valley  brings  you  to  North  Conway, 
long  famed  as  a  summer  resort  and  a  favorite  haunt  of  arJ 
tists,  —  the  most  gifted  pencils  in  the  country  having  trans- 
ferred its  charming  scenes  to  their  canvas.  North  Conway 
lies  just  at  the  portal  to  the  mountains,  wiiose  snow-capped 
peaks  form  the  back-ground  for  the  most  delightful  views. 
The  Conway  Intervale  stretches  away  on  either  hand,  a  broad 
expanse  of  richest  green,  threaded  by  the  sparkling  Saco 
River.  The  beautiful  village,  nestled  at  the  foot  of  grand  old 
Kiaisarge,  is  a  pleasing  feature,  with  its  neat  white  houses, 
well-kopt  roads,  and  general  air  of  thrift.  The  numerous 
hotels  and  large  boarding-houses  are  taxed  to  their  utinc  st  to 
accommodate  their  crowds  of  summer  visitors  from  the  cities. 
The  principal  hotel  is  the  Kiarsarge  House,  kept  for  many 
feasons  past  by  Thompson  &  Sons.  ITiis  long  famous  house 
was  greatly  enlarged  in  1872,  and  fitted  up  in  unsurpassed 
etyle,  while  its  management,  under  the  auspices  of  Thompson, 
Sons,  and  Andrews,  veteran  hotel-keepers,  is  all  that  the  most 
exacting  could  demand.  Mr.  I.  N.  .Andrews,  the  new  member 
of  the  firm,  is  favorably  known  to  all  visitors  to  this  section  from 
his  long  connection  with  the  Profile  House ;  and  he  is  one  of  the 
most  attentive  as  well  as  capable  of  landlords.  From  ;he  lofty 
tower  of  the  Kiarsarge,  to  quote  from  a  recent  visitor,  <'  can  bo 
seen  the  grand  old  peaks  of  the  White  Mountain  range  — 
Mount  Washington,  bathed  in  clouds  and  light,  upheaving  its 
massive  head  in  the  distance ;  to  the  right  Kiarsarge ;  and  to 
the  left  the  Mote  Range,  Cathedral  Peaks,  and  White  Horse 


180 


TOUIIlsrS'    UAUDBOOh. 


;j:Xi„g  :iu.o„  ...•  t,...  S...  XX...     n..  .pot  h.«  b..en  pa.nt.... 


,  Lundred  times;  but  huuum  brush  and  pen  fad  to  do  a  moiety 
;  justice  to  its  grandeur  and  beauty."  The  other  hotels  m  the 
vU  ase  are  the  North  Conway  House,  M.  B.  Mason,  proprietor ; 
the  Sunset  Pavilion,  kq.t  by  M.  L.  Mason  ;  Mason  s  Hotel,  \ . 


II.  Ma 

\Vashi 
liiiuse, 
ICiStiu; 
many  1 
tiful  St 
where 
(ireat 
land  a\ 
one  lui 
The 
above  I 


Diana's 
Arii>ts' 
Eeho  I 
Horse,' 

vicinity 


TC'/tlSTS'   IlAUDliOOK. 


ISl 


y  Conway  T::tervalc 
I't,  ihieaded  by  the 
lOt  has  been  paintcfl 


1  pen  fail  to  do  a  moiety 

Tlic  other  hotels  in  the 

M.  B.  Iklason,  proprietor ; 

ason  ;  ^lason's  Hotel,  F. 


11.  Mason,  proprietor;  McMillan  House,  by  J.  MeMillan;  the 
Washington  llmise,  J.  M.  Gihgon,  jjroprietor;  the  Iiitirvalo 
House,  of  which  Eiistnian  and  Mud;{ett,  are  proprietors;  the 
ICistman  House,  ke|)t  by  (J.  E.  JOvans.  There  are  besides 
many  boiirdinfj-houscs  for  sunxmer  -quests.  Here  is  the  beau- 
tiful station  of  the  Conway  JJrapcii  of  the  Eastern  ll.iilroad, 
where  one  may  t;\ke  an  express  train  direct  for  liostoii,  via 
(ireat  Falls  and  Portsmouth,  with  Pullman  cars,  'i'lie  Port- 
land and  Oj,(lensbur<i  Road  also  has  a  station  near  by,  whence 
one  may  i>roeeed  to  Portland  and  the  East. 

The  "  Led^res,"  bold  granite  bluffs,  nearly  a  thousand  feet 
above  the  Saco,  with  the  deep  chasm  known  as  the  Cathedral ; 


THE  KUJiSAJlGJi  MOUM'AIX. 

Diana's  Bath,  filled  with  limpid  water,  sparkling  like  crystal ; 
Arii>ts'  Falls,  in  a  shadowy  glen  of  picturesciue  loveliness; 
Echo  Luke,  at  the  foot  of  Mote  I\Iountain;  and  the  "White 
Horse," — are  a  few  of  the  objects  of  speeial  interest  in  the 
vicinity  of  North  Conway.     Tlie  queenly  Kiarsarge,  a  .iymmet- 


182 


TOURISTS'    lUKDDOOIC. 


rlcal  pyraml.1  3,307  feet  hl.l.,  1.  .een  to  the  north-east^  and  to 
the  west,  M..te  Mountain,  with  Choeorua's  japged  l>eak  n  ho 
distance  while  the  curves  of  Uattlesnake  llulge  and  the  .m- 
perial  d^.nes  of  Mount  WaBhington  and  the  adjacent  moun- 
Tlns,  complete  the  framing  of  thU  valley,  the  Mecca  of 
tbou>and9  of  pilgrims  every  year. 


north-enst,  and  to 
apgod  \>cak  >n  the 
lliilgo,  ami  the  im- 
1)6  atljacont  moun- 
ey,  Iho  Mecca  of 


;tf*^s 


CHAPTER  XI I L 


A  Trip  to  the  Northern  Lakei. 


KOM  severnl  points  in  our  mountain  wan(l«r- 
ings,  by  short  digressions  w«  may  mnlce  tours 
to  tlie  celebrated  laices  of  this  region,  Mera- 
phreniagog  ami  Winnipiscogee.  From  Mont- 
real we  may  proceed,  viA  South-eastern 
Railway,  direct  to  Newport,  Vt.,  at  the  lower 
end  of  the  first-named  lake  ;  or  we  may  arrive 
at  the  same  point  from  Quebec,  via  Grand 
Trunk  through  Richmond  Junction  and  Sher- 
brooke.  From  the  Profile  House  we  may 
drive  to  Plymouth,  N,II.,  and  thence  proceed 
by  rail  to  Weirs,  at  the  head  of  I^ake  Winnipiscogee  ;  and  from 
North  Conway  we  may  take  the  Eastern  Railway  to  W^olfboro' 
Junction,  and  thence  by  a  branch  to  Wolf  boro',  at  the  lower 
end  of  the  same  lake. 

Plymouth  is  the  location  of  the  Pemigewasset  House,  long  a 
favorite  resort  of  the  travelling  public,  under  the  management 
of  C.  M.  Morse. 

Lake  Hemphremagog. 

This  magnificent  body  of  water  is  situated  partly  in  Vermont 
and  partly  in  Canada.     It  is  thirty-five  miles  long  ahd  from  two 

183 


184 


TOURISTS'   UASnnOOK. 


to  five  miles  wide.  Its  rocky  chorea  arc  indentiil  with  l.eauti- 
ful  buys,  while  woodc.l  hfa-Uandt  jut  boldly  out,  and  pi.lnremiu.i- 
islandt  dot  itH  HurCace  ht-re  and  there.  Newport  i-  a  .UUghtful 
villnt'e  upon  a  hilUide  slopinj;  down  to  the  clear  water;  and  in 
one  of  ItB  most  sightly  locations  stands  the 

Xtmphremagog  House. 

This  palatial  house,  one  of  the  most  spacious  and  host  kept 
in  New  Kn^land.  is  undi-r  tlic  management  of  W.  V.  Howman, 
and  hi.s  been  refitted  with  mo<lern  conveniences.     Its  dchghtf.il 
location  and  healthful  surroundings  make  it  a  most  de^rable 
summer  residence.     It  will  acconmiodato  about  four  hundred 
persons.      Water,   gas,    steam,   bathing-ro<m.s,    billiard-balls, 
bowling  alleys,  a  livery  stable,  pleasure  boats,  and  a  populous 
village,  with  every  thing  that  ministers  to  the  traveller's  oca- 
sional  necessities,  contribute  to  make  the  Memi.hremago^  all 
that  can  be  desired.     One  who  has  ever  enjoyed  the  gorgeouB 
sunset  views  from   the  north  piazzas,  or  sat  on  a  moonlight 
evening  while  the  band  played,  and  watched  the  .teamcrs  and 
boats  on  the  lake;  one  who  has  climbed  I'rospcet  Hill,  roan.o.l 
along  the  Clyde  and  Coventry   Falls,   withiu   easy   drive   ot 
the  house,  and   then  with  sharpened  appetite  feasted  on  the 
speckled    trout,    the    luscious    berries,    and    other   dainties  of 
the  mountain  and  the  lake  with  which   the   tables  here  are 
loaded,  — will  need  no  urgency  to  bring  him  again  to  Lake 

Memphremagog.  .,,,,.  ., 

Jay  Peak,  in  the  towns  of  Jay  and  Westfield,  thirteen  miles 
west  of  Newport,  is  visited  from  here ;  and  the  ascent  is  effected 
by  a  carriage  road, -a  magnificent  view  of  the  Green  Moun- 
tains, the  Lake,  the  ^Vhite  Mountains,  Lake  Champla.n,  and 
the  Adirondacks  repaying  the  tourist  for  the  trip.  Its  height 
is  four  thousand  and  eighteen  feet. 


Th 
iimdi> 
leave! 
at  till 
Point 
Islani 
picnic 
soon 
metrii 
water 
fully  I 
alinos 
Iloust 
deep, 
lake  t 
if  one 

Ski 
the  M 
war  o 
of  wh( 
refuge 
Moun 
and  v 
famou 
narroi 
home 
crown 


comes 
thirty- 
h»mlei 
Magof 


(lentfil  with  l)«;auti- 
unt,  andp'ulnrcfiiimf 
(vjidrt  i-  ft  (UUghtfiil 
clear  water;  and  in 


iciouH  and  l>est,  kojit 
t  of  W.  V.  Howman, 
ancfs.  Its  delinlitf'ul 
I  it  a  most  di"!'iral)le 

about  four  Imiidred 
oomsi,  billiard-balls, 
oats,  and  a  populous 
a  tlie  traveller's  occa- 
!  Mi'ni[)liremagOj-  all 
enjoyed  the  gorgeous 

Hat  on  a  moonlight 
lied  the  fteamcrs  and 
'rospuit  Hill,  ronniod 
fithiii  easy  drive  of 
petite  feasted  on  the 
nd    other   dainties  of 

the   tables  here  are 
r  him  again  to  Lake 

estfield,  thirteen  miles 
J  the  ascent  is  effected 
r  of  the  Green  Moun- 
Lake  Champlain,  and 
r  the  trip.     Its  height 


TounisTS'  handhook. 


185 


A  Boat-Trip  down  the  Lake. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  delightful  excursions  that  can  bo 
made.  The  "Lady  of  tlic  Lake,"  .■  'iiaulifiil  iron  stc:iiner, 
leaves  the  village  every  niorning  f  jr  Mago^  a  Canadiiin  villiige 
at  the  northern  outlet,  and  returns  the  gi.mu  day.  Tndinn 
I'oint,  till'  j'wiu  .Sisters  (two  lovely  wood, ,',  "-lets),  Province 
Island  (the  largest  on  the  lake),  Tea  Table  Island  (a  fiivorite 
picnic  spot),  Fitch's  Hay,  and  Whetstone  Island  are  passed  ;  and 
soon  the  steamer  approadies  "Owl's  Head,"  a  conical,  sym- 
metrical peak,  fifing  three  thousand  feet  above  the  lake,  whoso 
waters  lave  its  foot.  A  short  sail  past  Round  Island,  a  grace- 
fully rounded  anil  densely  woixlcd  islet,  brings  you  to  a  landing 
almost  at  tiie  foot  of  Owl's  He;id,  where  is  lociUed  the  Monultdn 
Ifoiine.  n  I'umoms  spot  with  those  who  delight  in  fishing;  the 
deep,  cool  waters  of  the  lake  abounding  in  inuscalonge  and 
lake  trout,  'llie  ascent  of  Owl's  Head  is  made  from  this  point, 
if  one  t  irries  long  onoii^'h. 

Skinner's  Island  and  Cave  are  near  by,  to  the  eastward  of 
the  Mountnin  Iloufe,  and  are  famous  as  the  haunt  during  the 
war  of  IMI  2  of  Uriah  Skinner,  "  the  bold  smuggler  of  Magog," 
of  whom  a  poetic;  Icjiend  exists.  In  the  cave,  it  is  said,  he  took 
refuge  from  pursuit,  and  there  died.  Continuing  northward. 
Mount  Elephantis  (Sugar  Loaf)  and  the  Hog's  Hack  are  seen; 
and  we  pass  Long  Island,  on  whoso  southern  shore  is  the 
famous  "  Balance  Rock,"  a  huge  mass  of  granite,  prised  on  a 
narrow  point  at  the  water's  edge.  This  island  is  the  summer 
home  of  several  wealthy  Canadians,  whose  beautiful  residences 
crown  its  wooded  heights.     Rounding  the  bold  Gibraltar  Point, 

Mount  Orford  , 

comes  in  full  view,  —the  loftietit  peak  of  Lower  Canada,  rising 
thirty-three  hundred  feet,  and  distant  five  miles  from  the  little 
h»mlet  of  Magog,  where  the  boat  stops  a  short  time.  From 
Magog  John  Norton's  stage-line  conveys  the  visitor  who  desires 


186 


TounisTS'  HAsnnooK. 


,  Sherbrooke.  on  tl.c  Cran.l  Trunk  Railway.  «  rl-le  "f  i|l.xt.en 
ik.»  aroun.l  tbo  l.a.u  of  Mount  Orlonl.     At  Sl.crl.rookc,  the 


Kagog  Hoai«, 


t" 


I  1 :  aiiAi'iii^ 


N^^vs^aa?. 


iiniliT  til"  mnnBRt  uH'nt  of 
Mr.  II.  «.  Ilclplmrn.  will  hf 
found  a  very  ili'KiriiliU'  rt'oort. 
It  in  ono  of  th«'  li.Kt-k<l)t 
houne*  In  Canml.i;  nnd  the 
fiiu'!«t  fmhinR  can  Iw  had  In 
the  vicinity.  TIh'  li'm""" 
Liiki's  MasBftwippi  nnd  Mo- 
TnK  MAOOO  mvSE.  Kunllc  nrc  but  ft   nhott  dis- 

tance from  the  hou,e.-  IletnrninR  vUX  the  !;»''«  ^"•N-l-';  J 
may.  if  we  ,.bo,«o.  procec.l.  r.d  lWn,p..c  Iladroml  through 
X  flouri>hin«  villnie  of  St.  .TobuHbury,  Vt..  to  Wcll«  ll.ver, 
thenoltbe  H.Mon  Con.-ord,  &  Montreal  Railroad  convey,  u. 
to  Weir*,  at  the  western  side  of 

Lake  Wlnnlplieogse, 

^hi.h  i8  here  associated  with  Memphremagog,  not  fro.n  any 
contiguity,  but  from  the  Himilarity  of  its  features.     It  .s  situ- 
ated In  tL  counties  of  C.rroU  and  Belknap.  N.II..  and  .s  .;ery 
irregular  m  form,  spreading  out  into  seven    arge  bays      I^e 
pretty  little  steamer  "  Lady  of  the  Lake"  plys  up  and  down 
between  WolfLoro'.  Alton  Bay,  Centre  Harbor,  andAN  ..rs  the 
trip  being  one  of  the  n.ost  beautiful  imng.nable.     The  water  is 
of  womlerful  purity  and  clearness;  the  wooded  shores  and  green 
islands  give  a  pleading  diversity  to  the  scene;  and  the  moun- 
tains which  encircle  the   lake'  add  the  element  of  gvandeu. 
Edward   Everett  wrote.  "In  Europe  I  have  ««;'"  f  ^^f  '^ 
most  attractive,  from  the  Highlands  of  Scot  ami  to  the  (,  Iden 
Horn  of  Constantinople,  from  the  summit  oi  the  Hart z  Moun- 
tains  to  the  Fountain  of  Vaucluse ;  but  my  eye  has  yet  to  rest 


( n  a 

sail  f 

a  g.M 

iMciui 

Sent  I 

lienci 

of  II 

wbic 

niHgi 

leys  I 

hike, 

past 

light 

room 

a  del 

hous( 

hous( 

anil  I 

as  fo 

tnnt, 

lake 

nap, 

peak 

"  Tu 

moui 


Ft 

East 
a  ch 
ton; 
veys 
Bosti 
"Hu 
easy 
tain 


iV.  a  ri(l«  of  wixti'en 
At  Sherljrookc,  the 


lie  mrtiiapiiit'nt  of 
*..  Ilflpltnrn,  will  bo 
ifi'iy  ili'Kiriililt'  r»'»ort. 
10  of  the  »i.Kt-V<l)t 
n  CanmLi;  nml  tlio 
ihinj;  can  l)o  l>ivl  In 
inity.  Till'  fiimouH 
HasHnwippi  ivml  Me- 
irii  but  a  »liort  <U8- 
li»kc  to'Nowport,  we 
lie  Itiilroml,  through 
Vt.,  to  Wells  Hiver, 
I  Railroad  conveyj  us 


(magog,  not  from  any 
I  features.  It  is  situ- 
nap.  N.II.,  ami  is  very 
ven  large  bays.  The 
e "  plys  up  and  down 
Harbor,  and  AV.irs, the 
finable.  The  water  i« 
ooded  shores  and  green 
scene;  and  the  moun- 

element  of  grandeur. 
;  have  seen  all  that  is 
Sootlanil  to  tho  (JoUlen 
nit  of  the  Ilariz  Moun- 

iny  eye  has  yet  to  rest 


Toi/HisTS'  n.tsnnooK. 


1ST 


( n  a  lovplior  srciio  than  that  which  siiiili's  arouiul  you  an  you 
sail  (nmi  \V«irV  l.iiniling  to  Centn'  HailHir."  At  Alton  Hiiy  ii 
a  ;{iH)d  hotrl,  whcreo  teiims  are  furniihtMl  for  (lie  asrriit  of 
Mount  Delkiinp,  ten  milts  di^tnnt.  At  Ceiitie  Ilaibor  tlio 
Senfer  Iltiwui  in  a  largo  and  wt'li-iuanHgi'd  liotrl ;  and  from 
hence  learns  are  provided  to  convey  the  tourist  to  the  fiK)t 
of  Red  Hill,  the  higlie.^t  peak  in  the  viiinity,  the  iweent  of 
wliieh  is  elTeeted  on  horseback,  and  from  tho  to|>  of  which  a 
niHgiiificent  view  of  the  lake,  the  iiioniitidns,  and  the  jirt'en  val- 
leys H|)reads  hcfuro  you.  At  Woiflioro',  on  tho  east  side  of  the 
lake,  is  locited  the  GUmlon  Ifovie,  a  new  botol,  opened  tho 
past  seiison  by  Mr.  .1.  L.  I'eavey,  and  which  was  found  h  de- 
lightful stopping-place  by  many  families  last  summer.  Tho 
rooms  are  largo  and  airy,  with  the  most  luxurious  of  beds,  and 
a  deliijhtful  outlook  on  the  lake  ;  and  the  characteristics  of  the 
house  are  its  liomelike  cuiiilbit  and  sociability.  From  this 
house  boats  are  furnished  for  sailin;.;  and  fiihing  on  th.i  lake, 
anil  toams  for  the  many  beautiful  and  romiintic  drives,  us  well 
as  for  the  ascent  of  C'opplo  Crown  Mountain,  five  miles  dis- 
tant, and  twenty-one  hundied  feet  high.  From  the  summit  the 
lake  is  visible  for  nofu-ly  its  entire  length,  while  Mounts  Helk- 
nap,  Ossipeo,  Chocorua,  and  Washington  are  the  principal 
peaks  in  sight.  In  a  clear  day  a  view  of  the  ocean  is  obtaiiinl. 
•'  Tumble-down  Dick  "  is  a  neighboring  and  somewhat  smaller 
mountain  of  singular  formation,  and  is  also  often  ascended. 

Homeward  Bound. 
From  Wolfboro'  one  can  take  tho  Pullman  cars  on  the 
Eastern  Railroad  Branch,  and  speedily  ho  transported  through 
a  charming  country  to  Portsmouth,  N.II.,  and  thence  to  Bos- 
ton ;  from  Alton  Bay  tho  branch  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  con- 
veys one  to  Dover  and  tlience  to  Boston.  From  AVcirs  tho 
Boston,  Concord,  and  Montreal  aiTords  a  speedy  transit  to  the 
"  Hub ;  "  ana  from  either  point  railway  cominunicntions  afford 
easy  and  direct  transportation  to  the  east  or  back  to  tho  moun- 
tain region. 


188 


TOURISTS'  HANDBOOK. 
In  Conolasion. 


Having  thus  taken  our  friends  on  the  "  grand  rounds,    -to 
the  centre  of  fashionable  gayety  at  Saratoga;  to  the  scenes 
ofnuiet  beauty  and  historic  interest  upon  and  around  Lakes 
George  and  Ch.mplain;  to  the  grand  and  romantic  wddnes 
ofthe  Adirondicks;  to  the  majestic  and  magnificent  cataract 
of  Nia..ara;  to  Montreal  and  Quebec-,  with  their  fasc.nat.on  of 
locatio;  and  history ;  to  the  Franconia  and  White  Mountains 
with  their  grand  peaks,  charming  cascades,  and  marvels  ot 
nature;   to  Lakes  Memphremagog   and  Winnipiseogee,  with 
their  clear  waters,  verdant  isles,  and  environing  mountains,  - 
and  safely  brought  them  back  to  their  starting  pent,  ««  ^an  but 
express  the  hope  that  th3  trip  will  have  proved  so  debghtful, 
that  it  will  always  remain  a  pleasant  memory,  and  will  trc- 
quently  impel  the  tourist  to  try  a  repetition  of  a  part,  at  leas, 
of  its  enjoyments. 


)K. 


'  grand  rounds,"  —  to 
.ratoga ;  to  the  scenes 
)n  and  around  Lakes 
ind  romantic  wildness 
d  magnificent  cataract 
th  their  fascination  of 
and  White  Mountains, 
:ades,  and  marvels  of 
1  Winnipiseogee,  with 
rironing  mountains, — 
irting  point,  we  can  but 
e  proved  so  deliglitful, 
memory,  and  will  fre- 
ition  of  a  part,  at  least. 


OISTil^SfCE:    TM.'B^Xm^, 


«♦' 


COMPILED  rOR  FAXON'S  HANDBOOK, 


-  — ^w 

PROM    BOSTON. 

Fiichbwg  Railroad. 

To 

Miles.              To 

MilCB. 

Belmont, 

6     West  Acton, 

27 

Waverly, 

7     Littleton, 

81 

VVakham, 

10     Ayers  Junction, 

86 

Weston, 

13     Shirley, 

40 

Lincoln, 

1 7     Lunenburg, 

42 

Concord, 

20    Leominster, 

46 

South  Acton, 

25     Fitchburg, 
Vi.  and  Mass,  Dlvmon. 

60 

West  Fitchbiir?, 

62    Wendell, 

90 

Wachusett, 

53     Ervin>i, 

93 

Westminster, 

65     Grout's  Corner, 

98 

Ashburnhain, 

61     Montague, 

102 

Gardner, 

65     Greenfield, 

106 

Templeti  n, 

C9     Bardwell's, 

114 

189 


190 

To 
B&ldwinville, 
Uoyalston, 
Athol, 
Orange, 


Winchendon, 
State  I^inc, 
Fitzwilliain,  • 
Troy, 
Marlboro, 
South  Keene, 


DISTASCS    TABLE. 

MUc».  To 

71  Shelburne  Falls, 

77  Charlemont, 

83  Zoar, 

87  IlooBac  Tunnel, 

Cheshire  PMilroad. 

G8  Keene, 

71  East  Westmoreland, 

77  Westmoreland, 

82  Walpole, 

86  Cold  Uiver, 

90  Bt'llows  Falls, 


Ventral  Vt.  Railroad  —  Rudand  Dioision. 


llockingham, 

Bartonsville, 

Chester, 

Gassi  Its, 

Cavendish, 

Proctorsviile, 

Ludlow, 

Healdville, 

Summit, 

Mount  Holly, 

East  Wallingford, 

Cuttingsville, 

Clarendon,  • 

Rutland, 

Sutherland  Falls, 


119  Pittsford, 

123  Brandon, 

127  Leicester  Junction, 

133  Salisbury, 

136  Middlebury, 

138  Brooksville, 

141  New  Haven, 

147  Vergennes, 

148  Ferrisbcrg, 

1 5 1  North,  Ferrisberg, 

153  Charlotte, 
157     Shelburne, 
160     Burlington, 
16G     Essex  Juni'tion, 
173     St.  Albans, 


Swanton  Junction, 
Swan  ton, 
Alburjxh  Springs, 
Alburgh, 
Rouse's  Point, 
Champlain, 
Perry's  Mills, 
Moor's  Junction, 
Centreville, 


Western  Division 

273 

276 

288 

287- 

289 

295 

298 

303 

306 


(^uid  Rutland). 

Clinton  Mills, 

Chateaugay, 

Burke, 

Malone, 

Bangor, 

Brusli's  Mills, 

Moira, 

Lawrence, 

Brasher's  Falls, 


V;lc8. 
119 
128 
132 
i36 


92 
100 
104 
HO 

lis 

114 


183 

188 

193 

199 

203 

207 

213 

215 

218 

222 

227 

284 

242 

267 


326 
336 
340 
848 
854 
359 
362 
868 
373 


1 
AVoc 
AltO' 
Ironi 
Fore 
Dam 
EUc! 


St.  J 
Higl 
Prov 

St.  J 
Moo 


Bell( 
Chai 
Spri: 
Clar: 
Win 
Hart 
Nort 
Whi 
Woo 
Wes 
Shai 
Soul 
lloyi 
Betl] 


AVhi 

Nor^ 
Pom 
Thet 
Nort 
Ely, 


DISTANCE    TABLE. 


M'-les. 
119 
128 
132 
136 


92 
100 
104 

no 

US 
114 


183 

188 

193 

199 

203 

207 

213 

215 

218 

222 

227 

284 

242 

267 


326 
336 
340 
348 
354 
359 
362 
368 
373 


To 
Woods'  Falls, 
Altooiia, 
Irona, 
Forest, 
Dannemora, 
EUcnbui'gh, 


MUm. 
809 
812 
315 
318 
820 
321 


To 
Knapp'g, 
Potsdam, 
Madrid, 
Lisbon. 
Ogdensburgh, 


Northern  Division  {via  Itutlaud'). 


St.  Albans,  207 

Highgate  Springs,  280 

Province  Line,  284 

St.  Armand,  285 

Moore's,  288 


Stanbridge, 
St.  Alexander, 
St.  Johns, 
Montreal, 


Central  Division  {via  White  R.  Junction). 

Randolph, 

Biaintree, 

Iloxbnry, 

Northfield, 

Montpelier  J  '.nction, 

Mont^iflier, 

Middlesex, 

Waterbury, 

Bolton, 

Jonesville, 

Kiclimond, 

Williston, 

Essex  Junction, 

St.  Albans, 


Bellows  Falb, 

114 

Charlestown, 

122 

Snringfield, 
Clareuioiit, 

125 

132 

Windsor, 

140 

Hartland, 

144 

North  Hartland, 

148 

While  River  Junction, 

15i 

Woodstock, 

157 

West  Hartibrd, 

162 

Sharon, 

167 

South  Hoyalton, 

172 

Royalton, 

174 

Bethel, 

179 

Norwich, 
Pompanoosuc, 
Thetford, 
North  Thetford, 
Ely, 


881 
884 
892 
400 
409 


293 
801 
810 
887 


186 
192 
200 
207 
217 
218 
223 
228 
286 
288 
214 
246 
2ft0 
275 


Conn,  if  Pass.  Rivers  R.  R. 

unction,       154    West  Burke, 
158     Summit, 
164     South  Barton, 
168     Barton, 

,                   170     Barton  Landing, 
172     Coventry, 

231 
287 
240 
244 
2S0 
254 

1 

192 

To 
FalrUc, 
ricrniont, 
Kraillorl, 
South  Newbury, 
Newbiirv, 
Wt'lN  UiviT, 

^Iclniloes 

Bunift, 

Nonisville, 

I'as-iuuipsic. 

8t  .Ii)bnsliury. 

Lyniloii, 

Lyn'lonviUe, 


DISTANCE   TABLE. 

MIloB.  To 

1 75  Newport, 

181  Norili  Di-rbj', 

1H2  Stanstead  .lunetion, 

IHl  Smith'^^  Mills, 

18!)  I.tliby's  Mill.-', 

1!)4  Ayors'  Fla's, 

lll.S  Massawipiii, 

202  North  llatley, 

204  CapU'ton, 

208  Leiinoxville, 

212  ShcrbrooUc, 

215  Uiihiiioiul, 

222  Qiiebeo, 
22:J 


MllOH. 

250 

2(14 

265 

209 

272 

278 

280 

284 

201 

296 

200 

324 

420 


Delaware  and  Hwlnon 

Centre  llutland, 
West  Rutland, 
Castleton, 
llydevilU', 
Fail  haven, 

Whitehall  Junction, 

Whiieh;dl. 

Comstocks, 

Fort  Ann, 

Smith's  Basin, 

Dunham  Basin, 


Cdwil  Co.  —  Ren-tsclaer  aiul  Saratoga 
Division. 


168  Fort  Edward, 

170  Ganesvoorts, 

176  J  Saratof^a, 

180  Uallston, 

181. V  Mechanici'villc. 

lOO'  Albany  Junction, 

192  Waterlord, 

106 5  Green  Island, 

200i  Troy, 

20  li  Alhany, 

209  Sciienectady, 


212.J 

218i 

229 

235 1 

249 

255^ 

257 

260J 

261i 

267i 

252 


Glens  Falls  Branch. 


FROM  CALDWELL  (Lake  George). 
By  Steamer. 


218i 
217^ 


Trent  Pavilion  (Queensbury), 

Boltcn 

Fourteen  :Mill  Island,  i* 


Ticunileroga,  »° 

Old  Fort  (by  stajre  4  ms  ),    40 


To 
Ben  SI 
Orwe 
'rii'oii 
Laal 
Crow 
Port 


Seliiii 

Anisti 

Fond; 

Fort  I 

llerki 

Ilion, 

Utiea, 

Rome 

Oneid 

Cana.« 

Syrac 


Ilamil 


Port  I 
Col)ur 
Kingsl 
Brock 


HIlCB. 

259 

-\.y, 

204 

.Iiinction, 

ills, 
ills, 

V'S, 

t)i. 

265 
2G9 
272 
278 
280 

iley, 

284 
201 

lie, 

iC, 

1, 

296 
299 
324 

•» 

420 

nnelaer  ami  Saratoga 


ward, 
orts, 

1. 

fsvillc, 
.Junciioii. 
rd, 
stand, 


tady, 


Falls,) 


212.J 

21Hi 

229 

235 1 

249 

255. i 

257 

260i 

26  li 

267i 

252 


218i 
217i 


ake  George). 


leroga,  ^^ 

ort  (by  stago  4  ms),  40 


Disr.iMf:  T.iniF. 


195 


FROM  WHITEHALL   (Lake  Champlain). 


'I'.l 

Mill's. 

Til 

MIUh. 

HcilSDll, 

13 

W,st  Pi rt. 

50 

Orwvll, 

20 

Kssc.\, 

60 

'rii'OMiIeroga, 

24 

Hiirliiifitoii, 

78 

T                 1 

l-a  'iibecs. 

2(i 

Port  K.iit, 

90 

Crown  Point, 

33 

PlattslmrjT, 

100 

Port  Henry, 

41 

Rouse's  Point, 

125 

PROM  BOSTON. 


New  YoiL-  Ceiiinil  Itniiroinl. 


252 

Auburn, 

26H 

(icricvM, 

27l» 

Clit'ion  Sprinj^.s 

29;) 

C.mandaiiiua, 

3KJ 

Rochester. 

318 

Huffalo, 

330 

Hrockport, 

314 

All)i(jn, 

357 

Loekporl, 

3G1 

Niagara  Falls, 

383 

Sclii'nec'a<ly, 

.\nisterdaiii. 

Fonda, 

Fort  I'laiiie, 

Herkimer, 

Ilioi), 

Utioa, 

Rome, 

Oneida, 

Canastnta, 

Syracuse, 


PROM    SUSPENSION  BRIDGE. 

Great  Wesleni  Railroad. 
Hamilton,  43     Toronto, 

f>rand  Trunk  Railway. 

Port  Hope,  145  Pre.spott  Junction. 

Col)urg,  151  Montreal, 

Kingston,  243  Richmond  Junction, 

Rrockville,  290  Quebec, 
13 


408 
434 
446 
457 
485 
532 
481 
494 
520 
541 


82 


303 
415 
491 
587 


104 


DISTASCE    TABLE. 


FROM  MONTREAL. 


Around  th<'  Mountain, 
Liuliine  Uapiils  ami  return, 

Roum's  Point, 
T.akt'  Mfuiphivinago-^, 
PiofTle  House, 
Crawfvml  llouw!, 
Portlaml, 


6 

nilos 

b>      r  iiriace 

18 

" 

'^'stni'roirail 

172 

ifc 

,1          u       u       I, 

50 

(( 

It.                rail 

»!) 

u 

u                                      ** 

lOG 

't 

"  rail  &  sta<!0 

208 

(, 

,i        .(        u        •* 

2'J<> 

u 

u                              « 

FROM  QUEBEC. 


LorPtte  (Imlian  ViVajie), 
Montnioicnci  Falls, 
I'liaudii'ie  Falls, 
J.jike  St.  Cliarks, 
Lake  Uwiuport, 
bl:inil  of  Orleans, 

Murray  Hay, 

lliT'.irc  ilu  Loup, 

CiiconrKi, 

Tad^iisiic, 

Ila-Ha  Bay  (Sajim'nay  R} 

Lake  Meuiphreniaj^o},', 

Profile  llou^e,  1  " 

Crawford  House,     i      Mou 

Boston, 

Ni'w  York, 
FcM'tlanil, 


1  n  miles 

by 

carriiige. 

8 

kt 

tt 

it. 

10 

U 

U 

i> 

13 

a 

il 

li 

13 

a 

u 

a 

5 

4( 

(4 

ptuauier. 

er) 

4( 

u 

Ik 

125 

(• 

u 

u 

132 

a 

ti 

fck 

150 

u 

(t 

k( 

210 

u 

(( 

&t 

' 

KM 

14 

4& 

rail 

liile 

2ti2 

tl 

fci 

rail  &  stage 

ntaiu9, 

272 

(( 

ii 

U        ii         *« 

408 

a 

n 

(( 

a«tG 

a 

4i 

n 

317 

((. 

tb 

u 

DISTANCES  FROM  BOSTON. 

Northfield,  N.IL  -■■-'[ 

Tilton.  N.H.       -"''... 
Latonia.  N.IL    -        -        •        '        '  . 

I  ake  Village,  N.H.     -        -        "    . 
■vVcirs— Lake  Winnipixeopee  Station 

Centre  Harbor -10  miles  l.y  boat      -        - 


87 
92 
101 
103 
108 
118 


ilo8 


b;      €  .rriaiie. 
'^  Blrn'ror  rail. 

a        u      u      i» 

II  rail. 

u  ** 

"  rail  &  stage. 


miles  by  carriage. 


4( 

»  pteauier. 

it 

u                ^ 

1 

> 

u               " 

") 

U 

il        " 

i 

14 

"              rail 

9, 

a 

"  rail  &  stage 

9 

ii 

11       U       11        •» 

H 

a 

11    «1 

(', 

u 

u      t' 

7 

(t 

U      11 

30ST0N. 

. 

87 

_       ^ 

. 

9'1 

1 

. 

101 

. 

_ 

103 

. 

« 

lOS 

. 

_ 

118 

DISTANCE    TAtlLE. 

Wolfboroiifili— 17  niilcR  by  boat  -         -         .         . 

Nortli   Conway  —  rm  Centre   Harbor,  hv  boat,  sta^e, 

anci  rail        -         -         -         .         .".        ..". 

M-'redith  VilWc,  X.ll 

Ashland.  N.U. 

I'ly mouth,  N.II. 

Uumtu-y,  N'.II. 

West  limnnev.  Nil. I 

Wentworth,  S'.ll. 

WarnMi,  N.II. 

Haverhill,  N.II. 

Wood.sviile,  N.II 

Wells  River,  Vermont 

Bath,  N.II 

Lisbon,  N  II. 

Littleton  — U   miles  stafjinf;  to  Profile  House      - 
Wing  Koail  (diverges  from  Main  line) 

Bethlehem  (on  Wing  Riilroad) 

Twin-Mountain  House  Station    -        .        .        .        . 

Whitefield,  N.II 

Dalton,  N.H. 

Lancaster,  N.H.  -        - 

Northumberland,  N.H.  (junction  with  G.T.  Railroad)  - 
North  Stratford,  N.H.  (on  Grand  Trunk  line)     - 
Sherbrooke,  P.Q.  (G.  T.  June,  with  Passumpsic) 
Richmond,  P.Q.  (on  G.  T.  June,  with  Quelwc  Division) 

Montreal,  -.- '^ 

Quebec,  via  Northumberland       -        -        -        .        . 

Montpeiier,  Vt.  --. 

Waterbury,  Vt.  (v/d  Wells  River  Stage  for  Stowe,  Vt.) 
Stowe,  Vt.  (10  miles  staging  from  Waterbury)    -        - 
Newport,  Vt.      -        -        °       .        .        J^    . 
Lake  Memphremagog  -        -         .... 

Essex  Junction,  Vt. 

Burlington  --..... 


196 

119 

149 

112 

120 

125 

183 

136 

141 

144 

159 

107 

16V  J 

172 

178 

187 

193 

199 

203 

199 

203 

209 

219 

232 

203 

318 

394 

414 

20(> 

214 

224 

232 

232 

236 

242 


DISTANCES    FROM    PLAHSBURG. 


;»  mill's;  Maj    i  «'n<>       ',       ■  ;„,.    .i  ,,,iioM  •  St.   Lawn'iice  Co. 

Hotel.  Upper  Saranac  Lake   via  Bloommgdale 
J     Do\il     Smith's   —  H'c)oimi)>:«lale,    '•«    miles,     l.vui 

^:^:?th-fTi  Ssf ^.-el,   llppcr^  Saranac  Lake,  lO  nnlc, 

iiartlett's,  10  miles,  —  tot  il,  TS  miles. 
Hotel  Upper  Saranac  Lake,  via  Point  of  Rocks 

an^BliomSale.-HloomingdaKvlS  mdcs;  stage,  15 

miles,  —  total,  «a  miles.  „,  .       j   i„ 

Martin's  via  Point  of  Rocks  an  ^.  Bloomingda  e 

_U^1  u^^oint  of  Hocks, -iO  miles;  stage  to  Martins,  31 

miles,  —  total,  5»  miles. 
Bartlebfs    via  Point  of  Rocks  a^d  Martin  s.-- 

^JJm^stL'^^MartinV,  57  miles;  boat  and  pack  to  HaU 

K.tfs,  t«  miU's.  —  total,  0»  miles. 

I'Jli 


a» 


^v% 


f;?^ 


^<i^     1^ 


nSBURG. 


a  iiiili'x. 

I'ort  Kent,  la  miles; 

—  Unil  to  Point  of 
ts.  3  niiltH ;  Fiiinklin 
;  Siiiitli's,   lO  inik'», 

n  tlie  west  branch  of 
iiuiiteil  following  the 

wiiy  of  chain  of  five 
)nd  to  Oilii-f  Pond,  1 

miles ;  Fish  Pond  to 
to  liiiy  I'on'l  Ontlet, 
alk  Vt  niiU's;  Little 
ps;  St.  Lawrence  Co. 
to  Parishville  Uoad,  3 

via  Bloomingdale 
lie,  'IS  miles;  I'aul 
anac  Lake,  lO  miles, 

•ia  Point  of  Rocks 
(..,  'IS  miles  ;  stage,  15 

an  1  Bloomingdale. 
stage  to  Martin's,  37 

:8  and  Martin's.  — 
boat  and  pack  to  Hart- 


DISTAXCB    TABLK. 


197 


)i()rtane,  I  mile  ;  cros"  t)ond.  51  miles  ;  thci 
River   to    UiKiiiette    Wiver,   3    miles:   liv 


Kellogg's  Hotel,  Long  Lake,  via  Martin's,  Bart^ 
lett's,  and  Mother  Johnson's.  —  Hiil  nnd  ^ta^e  to  M;ir- 
tiii's.  .IT  miles;  thence  liy  Lower  Snriinac  l^ake,  O  mile:*; 
river  to  Koiiiid  I  ake,  3  miles;  cross  lake  to  Iliirtli'tl's.  3  miles; 
P<irta>;i' Iroin  liart'elt's  to  IJpjier  .SarMn:ic  [<iike,  I-l  mile; 
cioss  lake   to  Corey's,  3  miles;  to   Stony  Creek  Pond,  Iiidi;in 

rnce  liy  Sidny  Crvek 
Ua(|iict.te  liiver  to 
Mother  Johnson's.  7  miles  ;  pi.rla^e,  I  I'^l  miles;  Ity  Uai|iiette 
River  to  Loni,'  Lake,  7  miles;  lake  to  Ivelloirji's,  10  mdcs. — 
totol,  lOI  miles. 

Kello;;j;'s,  via  Snnth'g,  St.  Ilcjris  Lake,  lOS  milt  s. 

Boonville,  via  Martin's,  Bartletfs,  andKellogg's. 
—  liail  and  stajrtt  to  Martin's,  .17  miles;  boat  and  pack  to  Kd- 
lo«}i'»,  17  miles  ;  Kellojra's  to  head  of  F.on.'  Lnke,  1  miles  ; 
river  to  Forked  Lakt;,  O  miles  (3  porta<{es  of  !-«,  I- I,  I  "i 
miles  each);  by  like, 'I  miles;  by  portage.  I  l-*i  miles  ;  l>y 
Uaqnette    Lake   and    Creek,   10  iuiles  ;  porta-.'c  to  ■'^th  F^ake, 

I  I-*i  ndles;  cro.^s  lake,  I  1-!J  miles;  T>orlii{.e  to  7lh  Lake. 
3-1  milo;  lake,  1  mile;  porlatje  to  i;ih  I. ake.  I  a  mile  ,  lake, 
3-1  mile;  jxirtajje  to  .'ith  Lake,  IS  mile;  like,  3-1  mile; 
Creek  to  4th  Lake,  ••  miles  ;  lake,  1  miles  ;  tl.ence  to  Arnold's, 
thronch   :M    L.ike  and   Creek,  7  miles;  Arnold's  to  Avery's, 

II  mill's  ;  Avery's  to  Lyoiisd  ile.  Si  \-*i  milis  ;  L\  onsdale'  to 
Boonvil;e,  7  miles,  —  total,  1S»  3-3  miles. 

Distance  to  Pioimville,  via  Paul  Smith's  and  I'pper  Sar.inac 
Lake,  103  l-'i  miles. 

Lowville,  via  Martin's,  Hartletfs,  and  Tupper's 
Lako.  —  Martin's  to  Harilett's,  water,  I'i  miles;  .Sweeny's 
carry,  portaj^e,  3  miles  (wau'Oii  on  said  portaj;e),  to  Haiiiieite 
River;  river  to  Tapper's  Lake,  13  miles;  through  lake  to 
"(irave's  Lodue,"  W  miles;  to  Roimd  Pond  by  Creek.  3  1-3 
miles,  portage,  3  1-3  miles;  across  Uonnd  Pond  and  Creek 
to  Little  Tujijier's  [..ake,  3  miles;  through  lake,  0  miles;  creek, 
4  miles;  pottage  1-3  mile  to  Cliarlev's  Pond;  across  poml,  ■ 
mile.  Portage  to  Smith's  Lake,  1  1-3  miles;  lake,  1  miles; 
creek,  1  mile ;  portage,  1  mile,  to  Albany  Lake  ;  thr.  ugh  lake, 
3  miles,  to  BeMer  River;  from  here  can  go  t'venly-live  miles 
by  river  to  Smith's  Hotel  or  Stillwater,  or  can  go  by  wagon 
to  Lowville,  1ft  n.i!es. 

Lf.  f e  George,  via  Martin's,  Bartletfs,  Kellogg's, 
and  Lower  Adirondack.  —  lUil  and  stage  to  Martin's, 


198 


DISTASCK    TAHIE. 


C'lK..tor.  «  n.ile. ;  n.-Kt.-r  to  ^V^vrn...l.u.uh.  1  i      .1' «.>>«>• 
rfnHt...r«l.  to  CaMw.-ll,  «  nnl.-s,  -  lotnl.  ITI  ""Us. 
Via  Sinith'H  amir  PIMM- Simumr.  I7.->. 

"■'Martin's.  Saranac  L^k^.  «»  «».'*^>,1,'- i'l' 

l'on'l,l"nle;  to   Smith's,  through  p.ml  nn.l  .reek,  2  .n.lc«. 

total.  !*0  iiiilen.  .        ,        • 

KeeseviUe  -By  carriage  .iirect.  1 1   ""  ;'^ ;  V  «  T""' 
toSflS  la  n.ilL  ;  thence  by  8ta«c,  »  "nle«,  -  total.  W 

"^'^Uzabethtown.  Via  Keeseville  and  Poke  O;^^^^^^^^^ 

shine. —Carriag*^  to  Keesevilh-.  It   luiUs        'J* 

S   ,e   »  "^-l^'"  ;  Eli/-abethtown.  1 1  "uleB,  -  totul^W  .".k.. 

Elizabethtown.  via  Au  Sable  Chasm.  KeeseviUe. 
and  Poke  O'Moonshine.  -  3»  mile"-  „„^niA 

Elizabethtown.  via  Au  |able  Chasm  ^esevU^ 

town.  11  miles.  -  totiil.  TO  lu.les. 

Wiln.inston  to  Eli/.i.beil.town,  dircet.  82  mucs. 
Schroon  Lake,  via  KeeseviUe    Poke  OMm^^a^^ 

07  miles. 


Lj 
Bch 

Sc 
Poii 

mile  i< 
total, 
Sc 
derr 
S,.hn 

Sc 
Geo 

—  .S| 

I  III 

bur  jr. 

Si 

—  Ki 

i:i  II 

totiil, 

8v 
40  II 

Keen 

walei 

inileH 

.11  » 

Su 

Up 

Tri 

II  m 

Ul 
Indi 

We.vt 

iiiiliis 
n'ili's 
miles. 

iiiilis 

La 
roint 
ton.  1 
miles. 


niilP'*;  Ke'.lojrjj'ii  to 
oii.liitk  to  MiiuTva, 
leu;    '■(itiiT'tvilU'  to 

iTI  iiiili's. 

ilmington  Pass. 
s  to  Wilminfifoii.  I!l 
[iirtinV,  lO  niilt'H,  — 

u  Sable  Chasm, 
188.  —  (^iirria^"'  to 
ilmiii'.'ton, 'la  milfH; 
lO  mill's,— t-ital,5« 

nith'a,  St.  Regis 
t ;  river.  '•»  mi''*  *" 
liner  SiiraiiiU!  Kake ; 
,P(.-  iiy  troi.d  carrin)»i' 
ponil.  a  miU'i';  r"!-- 
•ro«H  Iftki'  to  Spitfire 
and  ireek,  «  tnilen. 

I  milt's;  hy  steamer 
,  5  inilen,  —  t<ital,  17 

Lnd  Poke  O'Moon- 
nili's;    l'ol«'  O'Moo;; 
—  total,  Jl*  "lilt's- 
haam,  Keeseville, 

Ihasm,  Keeseville, 
_  CliaMin.  1*  "'"«*'  ■' 
lies;  Notch.  *  miles; 

II  miles;  Elizabeth- 

99  miles. 

[e,  Poke  O'Moon- 
iroon  River  (lloofs 
J'MoonBliine,  >  miles ; 
■er  (Roofs  Hotel),  «« 
el),  lO  miles,  —  total. 


hlHTAKiK    TAIil.K. 


too 


LakeOeorRe,  via  Keeseville,  Elizabethtown,  and 
Schroon  Lake.  —  »W  miU-M 

Schroon  Lake,  via  Lake  Champlain  and  Crown 

Point.  —  Steamer  to  Crown  Toint  ((iiiiinlNDii's  llotil),  <(1> 
iiiilis;  Hta;;*'  to  SclinMHi  I^itke  (Ondawa  Hotel),  99  iiiiU-s, — 
total,  VI  iiiilfM. 

Schroon  Lake,  via  Lake  Champlain  and  Ticon- 

deroga.  —  Sir.iuuM-  to  Tieoniiero);!!.  MO  miles;  Nla},'e  to 
S^hro)ii  Lake.  99  iiiilis,       total,  I09  miles. 

Schroon  Lake,  via  Lake  Champlain,  Lake 
George.  Warrensburg,  Chester,  and  Potteraville. 

—  Steaiiier  to  riciiii(lero};a,  WO  iiules;  stni^e  to  Like  ()  •iir;te. 
■i  miles;  ^<tl'alue^  to  Cildwell,  JIO  lnile^  ;  «tn;i«  to  Warreiis- 
liiir^',  O  miles;  Cliester,  19  miles;  I'otternville.  O  iiiilis; 
.Sc'liroon  T^ake,  1>  milet*,  — total,  l>'i!l  miles. 

Summit  of  Whiteface  Mountain  (Weston's  Motel). 

—  Kail  to  I'oiiil  ol  U'le.ks,  90  miles;  staije  to  Wilmington, 
i:i  miles;  Itriillepaih  to  Summit  (Lojj  iiuuse),  A  miles,  ^ 
total,  !IM  miles. 

Summit  of  Mount  Marcy.  —  Rail  to  Point  of  Ronk«, 
90  mikis  ;  stajje  to  Lower  tiny.  O  mill*  ;  Upptr  .lay,  5J  miles  ; 
Keene,  !i  miles;  Iteder's,  I  miles;  l.,ower  Au  S  dile, '1  m  les ; 
water,  9  miles;  |Hirtage,  51  I  mile  ;  Upper  An  SaWIe,  water,  9 
miles ;  p.iek  to  summit  of  .Mount  Marey,  !i  miles,  —  total, 
at  :i-l  miles. 

Summit  of  Mount  Man-y  to  Upper  Adirondack,  T  miles. 

I'plMsr  Adir.Didack  from  Upper  Au  S  ible  Pond,  trnil,  H  miles. 

Trail  fruiu  Upper  Au  Sable  Pond  to  Root's  Hotel  in  Schroon, 
II  miles. 

Upper  Adirondack,  via  Wilmington  Pass  and 
Indian  Pass.  —  Kail  to  Point  of  RcKks,  90  miles ;  sta(.;e  to 
Wi!>toa's  Ho  el.  Wilmington.  IS  miles  ;  Wi'min<iton  Notch.  !i 
miles;  Scott's,  North  KIha,  T  miles;  jiai'k  to  Indim  Piiss,  7 
n?iles;  pass,  I  mile;  Upper  Adirondack.  7  miles,  —  total.  Oft 
luiles. 

Mount  Maroy.  —  From  Upp"r  Adirondack,  base,  4 
miles  ;  summit,  !t  miles,  —  total,  7  mile^. 

Lake  Placid  (Ntsh's  and  Brewster's  Hotels).  -  Riil  to 
Point  of  Rocks,  90  miles;  stige  to  Weston's  Hotel,  Wilm'n^r- 
ton.  13  nd'e< ;  Wilminjjtoii  No'ch.  4  nules  ;  Lake  Pla'.i ',  15 
miles,  —  total,  53  miles. 


•i(M) 


VISTAS!  K    T.tliLK. 


Silver  Lake,  via  Point  of  Rooks, 
Silver  l.iikf,  r  inili'c.       total,  :il  miiI.'» 


-  Kail  I'l  I'oiin  ' ' 


rnniK 


nilVIT    ••ilRI',    •     luinr,  > 

Silver  Lake,  via  Saranac^  Fork*.  -  ^'"g!  «».\"' 
F  °k".  aa  .Mil.  H  ;  S.her  L»ko,  O  n.ii.s  -  total.  «»  ""!>•' 
Rainbow  Lake   (W.nl.nV  "''''0.  -  S,  ,b..  u,  Sar.n.a.- 

(ll.mier.  ll...m.).10  ...iUm;  lt.inbow  Luke.  »  n.ilc«,    -  toial. 

"skHoj;!"  r.akf  (I'aui  SmilhV  Uotol)  5^  I»  '">'«"  *'"'»"  ''"' 
•'  Hunt<T*K  lloinc."  , 

Saranao   Lake    (M''^'.V''%.'''''''''-.  .S"Tn.il  .""Em^ 
Home.     •  M»«riill-vilU-.  I  mil.' ;  ^  ennonlv.  Ir  >  n..  .■.,  IH-'M'  . 

"u.la!e,  :l  n.ileH  ;  Mu.tinV  N  ..,iU-H.  -  total,  IV  m,.1.  .. 

Chazv  Lake(M.-a.l.-.-H  llo.el)  -St,.«,.  ''''i'v  l"  >  ?''"'^- 

„HU^a.  I«  inih-H  ;  p.  iv«.t.-  .onvyan.  L-  to  M.a.l.T  .  Hotel,  t  ha/) 

r.ak.',  5  mil«•^  —  total,  «!  miU-H. 

Chateaugay  Lake.  -  K«il  '!' V|'f  ;r7;'I,i;:''''i';.tl 
M.iU-i*;    C:i.ateaui;ny   Like  (IUsIIowh.  lit.  1),  «  uiU*,       "  i"' 

6»iiiileH. 
Burlington,  via  Port  Kent.  -  S!<.;,...er.  tl  I  m.lex. 
Mount  Mansfield    via  Port  Kent    Burlington 
Rnd  Waterbury.  —  Hi.aimr  to  BurliM};U)ii.  « I  ii'il<  *•  ' ■" 
fo^wSu'^l?  miU«;    .tn,e  to  Mount     '-";;',    ,^^^'- 
Stowe   lO  i.iiU'M  ;  Siimiuit  lloiife,  N  milw.,  —  total,  »■»  mine. 

M.  <unt  Mansfield,  via  St.  Albans  Bay.  Water- 
bury,  and  3towe.-S,...m.r  t»/^  '^> '^"     ' 'VV-.h.* 
i,,ili«'  Hia.'e  to  .St,.  Albam   Villi^'c,  »  iml.'^  ;  rail  to  NVatir 
",.r\..lV;mloH;  «taj:e  .«  Sto.ve,  10  miles;  rarna,..  to  .um- 
iiiit,"  M  milec  —  total,  «N  ii'il<«.  ,      „  ,     .i 

Waterbury.  via  Jlouse's  Point,  all  ra.l  10«  ....  e^^ 
Alburgh  Springs    via  Rouse's  Point,  all  «.!,  A9 

'"Alburah  Springf.  via  St.  Albans  Bay.  -  St.-ni..er 
,ot.  AuSv  lKtl^mll.«.;  .ta....  to  village,  3  .u.le. ;  ra.l 
to  .Ml.uvKh  Sprin-s.  I«  n.iU-H.  -  t^.tal,  !«»  mil.s. 

Alburgh  Springs,  via  North  and  South  Hero 
ani  AlbSgh^Ton^e.  -  Stean.e.-  ^:>^^^  »  -  5; 
tlu'iice    l.y   (l..|inl.ttul   ean  .age-<lnve.  *i*   i«  tic*,  to   .\ii.ui^i. 
Sjiiiiigs,  —  total,  »0  uiilfs. 


to  S 
lo  I 

H 

llllll 

total 
I( 

tola 

S 

liiilc 
mil. 

IV 
lira 
Hot 

N 

N 
Toit 
tota 

iiorf 
jMjrt 


PtoI 


Cra 


Wli 


I.  —  Kail  I"  I'oiiit '  »■ 
t  luiltn ;  t-arrium'  i«> 

1.  —  Stain'  lo  Si'raniif 
-  toliil.  *it»  '«il»''* 

. St'.Cf  lo  Sannmi- 

if,   I..    Smith'H    llfilt'l. 
,!ik»',  tt  iiiili'C.     ■  '"«"'■ 

[^  17  iiiiUi*  from  tin- 
,    ft-om    Hunter's 

|villr.>  inil«'K;  lil>«)m-_ 
)tnl,  IW  lllll>  H. 
>(t.ii;f  iliiilv  i'>  l>«iini'- 
Vlf.nl.r'r'  llottl,  C'hnz) 

,,trl),l>'ii:iU'i,  —  i't«l 

l:(';\iiicr.  til  miles. 
Kent,  Burlington, 
in-lU)!!.  'il  iKil''"'-  '">'l 
omit  Manttliilil  ili.tel. 
loR,  —  total,  «:i  mili'c. 
oans  Bay,  Water- 
St.  Allians  IJay.  'iO 
I  mile;' ;  rail  to  Wator- 
liluH ;  tarria;j;«   to  Mim- 

t,  »U  rail.  lOa  niilfd. 
,'B  Point,  all  rail,  »» 

)anB  Bay.  —  Su-amer 
>  villa<.'f,  3  iniks ;  rail 
'i»  iiiili'B. 

and  South  Hero, 
to  Soiiili  llfn>,5niilis; 
*i5    II  lies,   to    Albuinh 


DIST.tS'  K    TAULK. 


201 


HiKh«att»  SprintfH,  via  St.  AlbanH  Bay.  —  Htt-iimur 
to  St  AIIniii'm  Itii. .  flO  lllill^<:  ftut,'!'  'o  \ilLtL'«'.  SI  milrt;  rail 
lo  lli);lit;alf  .Spriri;;^,  t<\  mi  iii,    -  lol  il.  ilO  miliH. 

HiKhgate  Spriiitfa,  via  BuilinKton.  —  St.aiiuT  to 
Itiiiiiniitiiii.  til  iiiiU'H;  i-.til  lo  llinh/.iif  .Spriii^n,  14  ii.iU'ii, — 
total.  <H)  milfo 

Iodine  SprinwB,  South  Hero.  —  Sn-aim  r  to  South 
llttro,  .1  iiiil<'i« ;  Ht.i;.'!'  to  liiiiiiii'  >|iriii<iH  lIouM-.  !!  iiii'cH,  — 
total,  M  iiiili>^. 

Sheldon  Springs.  Sioiiiur  to  St.  AIImmk'  Hay.  'iO 
inilfs  ;  nU\)<\'  to  vill  i^i'.  :i  milcx  ;  rail  to  Shi-liloii  S|)riii(;i).  IO 
mill  «.  —  total.  !l!l  milcH. 

Massena  Springs,  via  Brasher  Falls.  -  All  rail  to 
ItraNJu'r  FuIIm,  71  iiiiIik  ;  h\\vk-  U<  ^l.l^!^^■lla  S|)riiij.'<  (IMtiiton^ 
Hotel),  H  iiiili'K,  —  t  iial.  70  uiiliH. 

Montreal,  l>y  rail  ilit-cct,  Ol  inilcs. 

Montreal,  via  Rouse's  Point.  •  StfamtT  to  Hoiim>'« 
Point.  U I  mien;  rail  Ih^iii  tlu-iici!  to  Moiitrt'al,  10  iiillig, — 
total,  7U  iiiiles. 

fS^  At  ino.Ht  of  tlio  important  porta^-CH  in  tlii>  aliovt;  roiitrs, 
liorcfj  »rt\  kopt  ilnriiin  tliu  sM'aHoii  of  p!('iui;;r  -Ir.ivi'l.  to  Iraiw- 
\wTi  t)a;4j;ft;!e,  &f. 


WHITE    MOUNTAIN  -  STA&E    FAEES. 


I'lolili'  IIotgK  to  l.ittll'fOIl, 

«2.00 

"          "         Ciawllinl  IIou>e, 

l.iii) 

"           '•          I'lvmoiitli, 

4.00 

"         Ht'ihlcliL'in. 

3.30 

Crawford  House  to  'I'wiii-Moiintain, 

l.AO 

"                        "              I'fotilc   lidllM". 

4.00 

"         N'oitli  C'oii'vav, 

8.60 

"          Marslifield, 

8.00 

"                 "         Marshdi'ld  and  return. 

4  00 

"                '<         niniLs. 

White-Mountain  Ilotisiu  to  Biimi', 

3.00 

•'             "               "      ami  ceturii, 

8.00 

202 


TOUHISTS'   HANDBOOK. 


Fabyan  House  to  Base, 

((  "  "      and  return, 

i<  "  Crawford  Hous^e, 

Glen  Station  to  (JUn  House, 
Twin-Mountain  House  to  Marfhfield, 

„  ii  <■  Marshfield  and  return, 

Glen  House  to  Alpine  House, 

u  u  I-        North  Conwarv', 

North  Conway  to  Centre  Harbor, 

Mount  Wu.tiiimjton  Railtcay. 

Maishfield  to  TiivToj)  House, 

I.  "    Tip-Top  House  and  return, 

Tip- Top  House  to  Glen  Ho>iso, 

"     '•        '•         Glen  House  and  return, 

Hagjrage  extra. 


ti.OO 
3,00 
1 .00 
2.50 
3.00 
4.00 
1  60 
3.00 
3.50 


8.00 
4.00 
3.00 
j.OO 


Elevations  of  UountainB,  Mountain  Houses,  and  Points  of  Interest 


FUANCONIA   MOUNTAINS 

Mount  Lafayette        .        •        •    .    • 
Mount  Cannon,  or  Profile  Mountain 
Moosilauk 


THE    WIIITK    MOUNTAIN 


s. 


Mount 

Mount 

Mount 

Mount 

Motuit 

Mount 

Mount 

Mount 

Mount 

Mount 

Mount 

Mount 


Washington 

JeiVtTSon 

Adams 

Maurice 

Madis'Oii 

Clay 

Franklin 

Pleasant 

Clinton 

Jaekson 

Webster 

Willard 


5.280  feet. 
4,000  " 
4,036  " 


6,285  feet. 
5,700  " 
5,800  " 
5,400  " 
5,400  '• 
5,400  '' 
4,900  " 
4.800  " 
4,200  " 
4,010  •' 
4,000  " 
8,000  " 


♦* 


OK. 


d  return, 


lihcay. 


**.00 
8,00 
1 .00 
2.50 
3.00 
4.00 
1  50 
3.00 
3..50 


3.00 
4.00 
3.00 


Dt,  and  Foiats  of  Inteiest 


rAiN 


^'S. 

5.280  feet. 

, 

4,000  " 

•                * 

4,036  " 

N8. 

6,285  feet 

5,700  " 

5,800  " 

5,400  " 

5,400   " 

5,400   " 

4,900   " 

4.800   " 

4,200  " 

4,010   " 

4,000   " 

3,000   " 

TOUBISTS'   HANDIWOK. 

Mount  Carter 
Mount  Moriah 

Mount  Hiiyi'8  

PtMjua'.et  or  Kiarcarge  (at  North  Conway) 

Choco'-ua  .... 

Mount  I'ro^ixH't  (near  Plymouth) 

Rt!(l  Hill  (noar  t'entre  I'arl)or) 

Cop|ile-Crown  Mount  (noar  Wollborougl 

AljiiiX!  Houei;  (Gorham)    . 

Betlileluuii  .... 

Crawtl)i-(1  House         .... 

FiiUyan  House  .... 

Flume  House  .... 

fflen  House  .... 

Profili'  House  (Franconi;!  Notch) 

Willey  House  (White  ^Mountain  Notch) 

Winnif)iseom>e  I^ke 

Pinkhani  Notch  (hizhcst  point) 

Francotiia  Notch  (highest  point) 

Plymouth 

I.ancaeter 

Littleton 

Conway  Intervales     . 

Concord  (N.H.  Dej   i) 

MOUNTAINS    IN   VERMONT. 

Mount  Man&fiela 

Camel's  Huiup 

Jay  Peak 

Mou:«t  Willoufjhiiy     . 

As^;utney  (near  Windsor) 

MOUNTAINS    IN   CANADA. 

Owl's  Head,  near  Lake  Meinjihrcmagog 
Mount  Orfbrd  .        .        .         • 

Lake  Champlain        .... 
Luke  Mcinphreniagog 
Lake  Willoughby       .... 


203 


5,000  feet. 

4,7(10   '• 

2..")00   " 

3..1()7   " 

3.;5.J8   " 

2,9(!8   " 

2,550   " 

.) 

2,100   " 

W2   " 

1,45(1   " 

1.920   " 

l,.-).-.l    "■ 

l.t.H    " 

l.'i:!2  « 

1,!)74    " 

1,335    " 

4,9()S    " 

2.018    '' 

2,014   " 

4  73   " 

8(10  " 

817   " 

171    " 

236  " 

NT. 

4,348  feet. 

4,(183   " 

4.018   " 

3.800  " 

3,320  " 

A. 

2,749  feet. 

3,300  " 

90  " 

G34   " 

1,162  " 

GRAND 


1874  INTERNATIONAL  1874 

EA^CURSIOjV 
ROUTES    TABLE. 


lUWrr:  .t.  Iltinlnu  in  Hir  n/iltr  Moiiiilninsainl  Ifrtum.  Hiifl;>ii 
to  WVIls  lUv.M-.  via  It.Olows  V:\\U.  \\>n>  l!iv.T  I..  LiUlcton  l.illl.- 
ton  l»  VviMi'  llmis.'  l.y  t^l.'ij.'.'.  IMolilc  tu  I  r.iwfcnl  lloiisr  by  siiii.'.", 
tTiiwf.ir.l  to  Ilialilrlii'iii  l.y  sliiue,  ami  retiirii  t<i  Uci»ti>ii,  ^'"  J;  "",'' 
Uivui  .liiiulioii  ami  HellowB  Kalis J»^W.W"  ^ 

noi'Ti:  n.    /»o«fo»i  /»  .Vfi.v.«i<.  »7..  inni  ««';"•" •,..V''r'",''.  '" 

Wl.ili-  Itiver  .IniH'ti via  Kit.-hl.nri;  a.i.l  Brllows  Kails.  A\  Lite  Kiver 

.Jiiiiclioii  111  Newport,  and  roliirii  saiin!  imite I.*..»W 

not'TK  I.  Ilimlnii  lo  Stirattif/n  Sjiihtdmriiil  lli'liirn.  Via  Fitih- 
l.iiri:,  I5.1II0WB  FiillH  and  Hutlan«l,  ilieii.-..  to  SaralcKri,  an.I  J'^<<>"' 

nOVTK  1  l-'i.  Honlon  to  SnrntonH  niitf  llrliirn.  Boft""  l'>  Hoo- 
Bai-  Tmiiirl,  Hoosiii'  Tuiin.-l  to  North  A.lainx  l>y  »ta»!t,  Nortli  -yl'uiia 
to  Trov.  Trov  to  Saratoga,  Saratoga  to  BoHtoii  via  Uiitliind  ami  IM- 
low«l-*allH..." •• "••*" 

Reeemv  of  Houte  I  1-9 It.SO 

ItOVTI-:  !?.  JioHtoii  lo  AiinMiihlr  mill  liitiiin.  HoHlon  to  Aiisaulile 
atati.Mi.vlaKitcIil.uru.  IMlowd  KallH,  Kutlan.l,  r!iirlini!loii,aii.l  >'»"/- 
liurg.  niul  ruturii  by  siimo  route !«.«» 

ROVTK  3  l-'i.  Honton  to  Puiil  Siiillh'H,  Marliii'n.  or  fpiir' 
Snraiinr  l.,il,r  Hotel,  •iinl  rrlinii.  Same  as  route  No.  2  to  A.i- 
(.aul.le.  ih.Mir..  by  .-tai!.'  to  Smiths,  Martiirs,  or  I  l>|>er  Saraiiac  Lake 
llotwl,  antl  return  same  routo -#«.w« 

ROVTK  O'i.  Hoitlotl  to  the  AiHioiiiliirhn  ami  Hrlinii.  lioston  to 
Itiiiliiitfioi.  via  Kutlaiid,  BurlluKton  lo  V«r\  K.Mit  by  Hteamer.  1  ort 
Kent  to  .Martiii'8  or  Smitirs.  ami  return  l.y  same  UMito .■i.lHl 

ROVTK  S.  BoBtoii  to  H.wtou.  via  Fltiliburi.'.  Hallows  Kails.  .•cii<l  Ifui- 
laml.  thfliioe  to  Saratoga.  Saratov'*  to  CViis  KalLs.  l.l.-us  l'»ll'!" 
Calilwell.  ami  return  by  UutlamI  ami  Hell  iws  balls I ■#.«(> 


RO 

1 
1 

RO 

ROi 

1 
1 

RUi 

ROi 

1 
t 

ROI 

ROl 

1 

V 

ROl 

I 
I 

1: 

ROl 

ROl 

h 
I 

ROl 

'J 

t 

ROl 
ROl 

8 
I 

RO' 

J 

H 


ROl 

s 
e 
t 


i 


)NAL  m 


iiHiiiiif  llrtiirii.     H111.I1111 

iVlT   111    I.itllctMll.      I.illll- 

niwfcinl  llfMii»f  l>.v  ^»tlll^l^ 
urn  t<i  HcwUMi,  viii  AVliilt- 
4»tfW.«« 

ml  llftiirii.  UiiBtoii  t" 
Jrllows  Kiills,  White  Kiver 
U- /.V.-JO 

mil  ItflHi-it.    Via  FUi'li- 

to  SiiriitoK".  I""'  rt't"'"" 
t1  .<*0 

Ilrtiirii.  ISoptoii  ti)  lli>0- 
iim  liv  »Ui!t,  North  Adiuiia 
Hon  vh»  Untliinil  iinil  HpI- 
/!..>« 

tl.JiO 

urn.  Hiwliin  t"  AiiKnulile 
nil,nmlini;liin,!in<l  riiilli'- 
I  HMO 

I's,  Marliti'H.nr  r'/i/ic 

inie  as  mute  No.  2  tn  All- 
's, or  I'nper  Siinmac  I..ikf 
»«.W« 

anil  Urtiirn.  Uoston  ti- 
nt KiMLt  Iiy  Hteauier.  I'ort 
,  dame  rouio ii'J.OO 

"  Hnllows  Fall*,  anil  Kiii- 
lilHiiH  KalLs,  lili-ns  l■"Kll^  I" 
woliilllii .I4.UU 


KXCUKSION  ROUTES  FOU  1874. 


200 


ROVl'E  4.  Rortlon  In  Saraloca,  vl.)  Bollnws  Falls  anil  Uiillanil,  Saiii- 
li>Ka  <o  Alliaiiy,  Albany  to  Nrw  York.  (Huilr'on  lilvor  ilav  in-  niKlit 
boats,)  Nuw  Vork  to  UoHton,  ^s<lunll  f'teamere,) '. . . .  t4.0U 

KOVTK  4  1-g.    Reveigi'Of  Route  No.  4 J4.U» 

Horn:  .1.  Huston  to  Wliit.ih.iU,  via  IIhUowh  F.hHh  and  Rutlaiul 
Wliili'liall  to  liiirliiiglnii  (I.aki-  rlianipLiiii  SleiiinuiH),  Bniiinytnii  to 
ISo^loii,  via  ItmlanJ,  or  via  Wliiti;  Hivrr  .Jiunlioii  anil  Jtollowa 
I''""'* 14. 7S 

novri:  ,>  J-'J.    Hovurso  of  Routf  No.  fi 14.73 

Horn:  «.  Boston  to  WliiteUall.  SanioasXo.O.  Wliituliall  toPIiitts- 
liurii  (l„aki^  Cliaiiiplain  Stfann'i-s),  I'laltslniri;;  to  Burlington,  tliinii'e 
lo  Bosiun  via  UullanU 10,7,1 

JtOrri:  O  l-a.    limersoof  Houte  No.0 16. 7S 

ROI'TK  T,  Hoslon  to  Burlington  via  Bellows  Falls  anil  Kutlanil,  Bur- 
lington to  Whitehall  (by  steuiner),  Wliitehall  10  Albany,  Albany  to 
New  Vork  (Hudson  Kiver  ilay  or  niglit  lioat).  Now  Vork  to  liusion, 
(Sounil  .Steamers) lU.OO 

UOl'Ti:  S,  Bostor  to  .Saratoga  via  Bellows  Falls  ami  l.'ullaml, .Sarji- 
tojja  to  tileus  Falls,  (Jleiis  Falls  to  Cakiwell  liy  stage,  1,'alilweli  (o  Ti 
by  steamer  on  hake  (ieiujje,  Ti  to  Old  Fort  by  ttago,  Old  Fort  to  Bur- 
lington by  steamer,  and  return  to  Boston.    Same  as  No.  5 10.4S 

HO  VTK  U,    Keverse  oC  Route  No.  8 10.4S 

UOVTh'  to.  .S.ime  as  No.  II  to  Albany,  Albany  to  AVhitoh.all.  White- 
hall via  Saratoga,  Saratoga  to  Burlington  by  steamer,  aud  return  to 
Boston  by  same  routes  an  No.  0 19.10 

ROUTK  II.  Boston  to  New  York  (Sound  SteaiuersV  New  York  to 
Albany  (Hudson  River  day  or  night  boat.s).  Albai-v  to  (jleiis  Falls  via 
Saratog.i.iilens  Falls  to  I'aldwell  by  singe,  CaldwJU  lo  Ti  by  steamer, 
Ti  to  (jld  Fort  l)y  stage,  Did  Fort  to  Burlington  by  steamer,  and  re- 
turn to  Boston  by  tiie  same  routes  iUi  No.  0 SH.OO 

nOVTB  IS,    Revorrie  of  Route  11 22,00 

nOVTE  13,  Same  as  No.  8  to  Old  Fort,  Old  Fort  to  Itonse's  Point  by 
Btoamer,  Rouse's  I'oiiil  to  Jlontreal,  .Montreal  to  Boston,  same  as 
No !iS,4S 

aO^TE  14,  SamensNo.n  to  Albany,  Aib.any  to  Whitehall  to  Rouse's 
i'olnt  by  hieamor,  Rouse's  I'oiut  to  Montre"iil,  Montreal  to  I'-oston, 
same  lui  No    )i4.7S 

ROTATE  13.  Boston  to  Montreal  via  Bellows  Falls,  Rutland  and  St. 
Albans,  Montreal  to  Rouse's  Point,  Rouse's  Point  to  Old  Fort  by 
steamer.  Old  Fort  to  Tieonderoga  by  stage,  Ti  to  Caldwell  by  steam- 
er. Caldwell  to  Olens  Falls  by  stage,  Gleiis  Falls  to  Saratoga,  Saratoga 
to  Boston  via  Rutland flS.iS 


i. 


issiettae«--teai»ifesbssii»sfe*iewSK»*i<»»9^^ 


L'OO 


EXCURSION  ROUTES  FOR  1874. 


ItftWK  HI.  IJ<wt»ii  to  Sniiitonn  vi-i  Bi'llowK  l''ii'.Is  Riiil  IJiillftii.l,  Siira- 
Uc.M  loCiiUlw;-!!.  ralitiv.'ll  111  It.  I'l  to  olil  l''()it,  (Hil  1''<h'  ti>  liiMi^.-'s 
I'Kiut,  Riiiiiii>"«  I'oint  to  i»ail.'iu<lmii{,  ((KilciistiuiK  to  .Moiilii'iil,  Moii- 
trt'iil  |i>  UwtiHi  via  SI.  .Vilnius.  Ikirliiiv'l.Hi.  lliilhiiul  and  IJ.'IIowh 
K.UIh,  »«■  Whito  ICivta-.Jiiii.'tioii  luul  Hollows  KulU, 30. Sit 

KOVTh:  17.  ItoHton  to  Montrvnl  ami  '.I'furn,  (Form  <,'.>  Bonton 
to  Moiilruiil  via  Kltclilmrg,  BellowH  l'*alli*,  Kiitlumlniul  St.  AllmiiH, 
and  rolmii  Uy  saiiui  r<MiU', ,'JO.OO 

it'rVTK  tS.  HoHton  to  .ttoiitri'al  mill  Krdifii.  (ForiTil>.l  IVwtou 
to  Moiilnial  via  Ktulilmrt;,  lt.>llows  I'lills.  Wliil"  Hlwr  JiiiutiiMi.  ami 
S<.  .VlliuiiB,  and  return  via  Htirliimton  and  Uullaiid, VO.Ott 

JtOVTE  19.    (ForinR>    HovtsrHO  of  Kotit«»  W, i)O.Ut> 

HOVTK  'itt.  ttoHtoti  to  Xlontt\itt  nnit  "itiirii.  (Form  K.)  Bos- 
t<Mi  tivMiMitri'iil  via  l''ti  lilinrtt.  ll.-llo»>  1',  -.  WliUts  Kivor  .Junction, 
Nuw|)ort,  and  St.  JoluiH,  and  i-eturn  nanu'  :is  ro»iUj  Xo.  W, 'iO.OO 

JtOVTE'il.  TtiiHtott  to  Moiitrrnl  tiiid  Itrturn..  Form  11.)  ]lo«loii 
to  M.Hilival  via  KitclilmrL',  IVhHowh  Kails.  Knllaiid  ami  St.  .lUI'ana, 
luul  r.'tiirn  via  lU)U.<.yrt  Point,  Plaltsburg,  Itnrliuglou,  luid  Kullaiiil, 

Htf.ttO 

MOVIE  S'i.    (Form  II  >    ItoviJ-so  of  llm\W  No.  il »«.«» 

ItOI' I'E  ti.t.  (Form  I.)  Boston  toOgdeiwlxirg.  vUi  Fllolibiirg,  Bellows 
Falls.  Itutlai.il.  and  SI.  .Vllians,  UjjdDinbiirg  to  .Montreal  liy  steamer 
or  rail,  .Montreal  to  Boston,  same  as  route  No.  lb 'JH.tM 

UOVTE  24.  Boston  to  Miontrea),  via  Fltehburj;.  ItoUows  Falls,  Knt- 
lanil,  iuiil  St.  Allians.  .Montreal  to  BosUm  via  i'ortland.  Eastern,  or 
Jioston  &  Maine  K.  K •  • 'Jtt.OO 

liO  UTE  SS.    llcverso  of  roiit«  No.  M flO.OO 

ItOVTK!  !H(.  Boston  to  Montreal,  same  as  No.  21.  Montreal  to  Quebec 
by  steamer  or  rail,  IJuebee  to  Boston,  via  TorUand,  and  Kiuitern  or 
Bo«U>n  &  Maine  li..  K  »5f  .<7  '.• 

JtOUTJB  37.    Roverse of  route  2(> ...'JS-tttt 

ROVTE  SH.  Boston  toMontreal  same  as  No.  24,  Montreal  to-  Quebec 
by  ateamer  or  rail,  return  to  Boston  by  Bttmo  route S3 ,00 

KOVTE  30.  Boston  to  Montreal  same  as  No.  18,  Montreal  to  Quebec 
aud  return,  Montreal  to  Boston  siuue  as  No>  18 33,0tt 

SOUTE  SO.  Boston  to  Montraal  bwiuj  as  No.  29,  Montreal  to  Quebec 
bnd  return  by  steamer  or  ralU  Montreal  to  Boston  same  as  No.  20.33  ,iiO 

ROUTE  34.  Boston  toSaratoca,  via  Bellows  Falls  and  llutlnnd.  (Tlio 
only  line  running  Through  Vullman  Parlor  Day  Cars  to  Saratoga.) 
Saratoga  to  Schenectady,  Schenectady  to  Niagara  Kails,  Niagara  Falls 
to  rdontreal,  (X  12,)  via  steamer  on  l^ake  Ontario  and  Ulver  St. 
Lawrence,  (meals  included  on  steamer,)  or  by  Urand  Trunlt  Hallway, 
Montreal  to  Boston  via  St.  Albaus,  Burlington,  Uutlaud,  and  Bellows 
Falls 94,30 


ItO 


no 


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t 


I 

KOI 

I 
I 

ItOl 

ti 

nor 

tt 

HOI 

tr 

nor 

tr 
r<! 

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of 
Pi 

Ni 

JtOV 

sa 

nov 

trc 
M 

(;c 

K. 

norr 

sai 

ItOV, 

tre 
rai 
Co 
It. 


R  18T4. 


I''u'.ls  mill  IJiitliiii.l,  Siira- 

''Olt,  (Jill    1''<H'     tl>    HllllW^'sf 

islimK  li>  Mimli'i'iil,  Moii- 
Hi.  Uiillaiiil  ami  Iti'llowH 
!i  KulU, 30.SO 

>iirn.    (Form  (.'.>    ikwtoit 

Kullaiul  niul  St.  AlbniiH, 

?«.««» 

tiii-H.  (Fi>riiil>.>  TVwtoii 
Vliiti'  Hlvvr  JuiiitiiMi.  aiiu 
KiUliiiul, 'iU.OO 

;f, HOMO 

rtiirii,  (Konn  K.)  Bos- 
,-.  WliUt!  Kivor  Junclifiu, 

BriMiuiXoas, no.oa 

turn,.     Foriuli.)    ]it)sli>ii 
KuUaiul  ami  St.  .iUI>aii!<, 
Viirllugloii,  luid  Uullaiiil, 


ffOsH 


..90. on 


irg,  via  Fltclibiirg,  BellowH 
g  l<>  .Muiitreul  by  Ktoaiiier 
No.  is 'J-J.OO 

iburt;,  BoUowrt  l''aU«,  lliit- 
,  via  ["ortlaiiil,  EiiHtiTii,  or 
'JO.OO 

»o.oo 

io.  'il,  Montreal  to  Quebec 
I'orUaiul,  and  Kiutturn  or 

...aa.oo 

io.  24,  Montreal  to-  Quebec 
110  routo JiS.OO 

<o.  18,  Montreal  to  Quebec 

o.  18 as.oo 

No.  29,  Montreal  to  Quebec 
lOBto!!  some  as  No.  'iO.SfS.OO 

vs  FaUa  and  Rutland.  (Tlio 
Uir  Day  Cars  to  Saratoga.) 
Niagara  PalU,  Niagara  Falls 
,ke  Onti.rio  and  lUver  St. 
r  by  Grand  Trunk  Kailway, 
gton,  Uutlaud,  and  UuUows 
S4.30 


KxcuHSioN  Roi-rrs  for  i«7i. 


207 


""An^W'VrJ*""^','"  '"  ^''^^    '^■'"■'^'  ^"""•'  '^K-.im-rH,^  N.-w  York  to 
An.,.un.  (Itmlm.n  K,vri-  ,l„.v  or  nigl.lH  l„„,i«i.  Albany  to  Ni„gnra  I'UU 

No.^'."xii:'  ..'"".  '""'"""'•    ^■'"«""'  *""""  »"  »^l""  '^■I'r  '.- 


ItniTK  an      P.,„t.,;.  |„  N-i,i;riini  I--il  m  ^mw  as  Ni>.  .tl.    NiiL':ira  FilU 
<  l.aiirpl,-.,n.  fturliugon,  Kutlau.l.  ami  I1..11..w.h  Falln.  c\;iii)  .     Hii. 


1» 


""lVoT>fv"?,.*J, .'?'"""  ""'!''";■"  '"  ^-'V'*-""-"  FnlU.  Niagara  Falls  to  Mo„. 

(KlrhelliM,  Ktran,..™  id-  .In.ml  Trnnk  li.alluav     l^uebei-  to  »osl     .    iii 
M.i'rl.r.H>ko.  NowiKwt.  ami  Wl.ite  Uiver  Junb,.    •,  (.X  KIT)..    .   ..vi(.)j« 

KOVTi:  4n.  Same  .-u.  No  .111..  Niagara  Falls.  Niagara  Falls  to  M„„ 
Ii.'al.  isii'aiiierorrain.  .MiHiiiral  n.  15,,s(..n  vi.i  KoiiseV  I'oiMi  i  ,k. 
<iu.in!.lain,  Uurlingt.Hi,  Kutlai.d.  .-.i.d  BelUmVi-'u",  (X "ti*!     .ai';.!,! 

""I'r'^'.f  x"f''.  S.i'i'o  ~t  X"> :»  to  Niagara  Falls.  Niagara  Falls  lo  M< 
tr.-al,  MiMitreal  to  Ronton  vnuie  w  No.  411.  (X  ;w) .:tP,. 

""IIZa-,1'',  **••'","'?.'' ^■"- •■"?<*  ^^'''S-''"-''  F'lll^--  Niagara  Falls  to  Mon- 
treal. .Montreal  to  Mosion.  via  Uicb.mmd  .iml  l'uriland,(\  l.-,..^.-iV..70 

"^IrlA.f-''  S;>i"';as  Ni.  flB  to  Niagara  Falls.  Niagara  Fall.s  to  Mon- 
treal, theme  to  Uoston  vm  Hi.hiMoiul  ami  I'.wtlaml,  .X  i,-„. .  ..;{.-,,oo 


k« 


on- 


JtOrTE  44.  Sa.iii 
tiral,  i,()assi|ig  lli 
renc.)   .Montreal  to  (^xhai 


ifl  No.  .(4  to  Niagara  Falls.  XL-tfara  Falls  to  Mon- 

lliou.samls   Islamla  ami  Hapiils  of  the  St.  L.iw- 

(i.  T.  U..  (ioiliam    to  (Jliii    lions,,    |,v 

^    ,  -   -       .-,_-,      Miiiiiit    VV.iul.il. .......    i....:i I    .       .        •' 

of  niiHiiitaln.  Htagi-  tn 


"!■•'«'•• '".'■'!  '"''.''I'  '^""1'  .ll'.'usi'.  .Mount  \V,i»liii,g|ou  I{ailio:,;i  I'oi.ase 


of  niiHiutain.  stag.,  to  Fabyan  House,  rail  to  B,.tbl-b,.|„:  stages  to 
NCl.ua  (XlWy.!'.'!'     ^'"^'•""'-   ^'"""•«  '"  ^'^'''t""   via    Comora    and 


.T/..JM 


ROVTE 

same  as 


i'No.!4,'"xTMf'*'*^  ''^  Niagara  Falls,  and  r.-turn  to  Roston 

■"*'f';T.f\'l"\  S«";«  »»  No- •■»  to  Niagara  Falls,  Niagara  Falls  to  Mon- 
treal  Montreal  U>   Jorliani,  stage  to  vUen  House  and  Tip  Top  Ho  is.' 
Ml.  Wasliiiigt.^i  Railroad,  ami  stage  to  Crawford  Hous..  and  S.  rtl 


(Conway,  tliei.ie  to  Itostoi 
R.  U.) 


liy  Eastern  Railro-.d,  (X  liMi  amlK.  R. 
rr-i.BO 


""sVimonf  No  4(i"'^  "*  **'**■  ^  *"  Niagara  Falls,  and  return  t.)  R.iston 
•*'*4,00 


■^*'-='''-'^i^'^m>^off^i^~.T^^^j/^-e,-^i^-^.  -, 


44,50 


''-^J¥i^>5:»i^^d»1*i^»y*!V«««rtM#ii<i  '^ 


20«  EXCURSION  KOUTES  FOK  1874. 

HOI  li:  4U.  Hnine  lU.  No.  X-  to  NiaK.in.  F..ll»,  NNcnt",  FillU  to  l|'^toM 
«.,'m  «H  No.  4H.    (X  4iMu..l  K.  K.  h.) ■"'•'"' 

wily.  III.  n'o  t..  HoBtoi,  1,,  tCiL-ten.  U.  K.    l.\  M  um.1  £.  U.  It.).   40.r,0 

Miorri:  .71.  San...  ..h  No.  .f' to  Ni'.«;'"'  K»ll-'.  Ni-'K"--"  *'»"«  "'  ^j'.T!;!}', 
winir  Uf  No.  ,->«.    (X  .Ml  mill  K.  It.  lt.> •*-•" 

BOf^'l-K  ^^•.  Sam«  an  No.  :H  to  NlaRnra  Kall.^  NiaKani  FallH  t"  M''';t- 
ivil  Montr,  ill  to  Q11.1..M'.  t.Mi.-lM'.-  to  (iorlmin,  (.oiliain  to  (11 -ii 
H;!.,;.  l.v  Ht«g.'.  (=ie..  to  N...th  fo.iway  by  slag-s  tlieiioo  to  Bo.t.m  l.> 
Kaslciii'lt.  K.    (XiHin.l  K.  U.K.)   f.f.ww 

not  <r  .I.V.  Sin.K.  as  No.  :;-.  to  Niawaia  KallH,  Niagara  KallB  to  liosloi, 
«n."ii'  a-  No.  .M'.    (X  !i  tt.i.l  K.  K.  K.) ^*»» 

mH'l  I-  14      Saino  m  No.  :U  10  NlaKaf.i  Falls,  Niagara  Kails  to  Moiit- 

""ml    Montreallo  tJorhan.    I,y  ti.  T.  U..  (i...l.a>..    to  U.-Uiu  same  as 

No. >.■-'.    ^X  l.laiidE.  K.  n.) J«  WW 

JtO  IJTi:  an ■    Sa.ne  as  No.  V,  to  Niagara  Falls,  Nlngar*  Falls  to  Boston 

sa'i'asNo.M.    (X  U  aii.l  K.  U.  K.) *'"" 

iinl  II-  to      .Sam.,  as  No.  .■!4  to  Niagara  Falls,  Niagara  Falls  to  <  lg,l«ns- 

""'uv';  l,y  st-aCr  ..r  U.  T.  U..  Hi-m'u  to  I!..sto„  vm  Uous.'s  »'"".;;;'^;J 

.Si   AlliaiiH.    (X  17) 

IIO  rTfc  B7.  Saine  as  No.  38  to  Ningarii  FalU,  Niagara  Falls  to  IJost.^n 
(.nuio  ft»  No.  50.    ^X17) •"•"" 

uiilTF  IH  Samp  as  No.  M  to  Niai^ara  Falls,  Niagara  Falls  to  Moiit- 
.L.,a  M.^itroal  U^  N.*«-  York  via  llo»s,.'s  roiii:.1.ako  (l....ig.-<S»ta- 
U,gu'  and  il».ls<T?.  ltlv..r  steamers,  N.-.v  Y..rk  to  IJoslou  l.v  S.^»ml 
Stoameru.    (.X  34) 

KOVTK  KO.  Samo  as  No.  35  to  Niagara  Falls,  Niagara  Falls  to  "<«■■"'; 
same  as  No.  58.    (X  W) •"'•"" 

nOVTE  no.  Same  as  No.  M  to  Niagara  Falls.  Niagara  lf»"»*9„J^'''vi*M 
real  Montreal  to  Uous.'V  Point,  l(»iise-s  I'oiiil  to  Wuitel  alMa 
LTlle  Chanipiai..,  Wl.ilelmll  to  Saratoga,  tlienee  to  Boston  via  Kut- 
land,  Bellows  Falls,  mid  Filcliburg.    (X  'M)., JS.ou 

BOlTTi:  «/.  Same  as  No.  36  to  Ni.agara  Falls,  Niagara  Falls  to  Boston 
same  as  No,  tiO.    (X  '.!(•) 

nOVTK  e-J.  Same  as  No.  M  to  Niagara  Falls,  Niagara  falls  to  Mont- 
reaKMontreal  to  Boston  via  Slierbrooke,  New  port,  and  \\  "'"«  l^'^^^J 
Junction.    (.X  136.) •.•  

HOVTE  63.  Same  as  No.  :J5  to  Niagara  Falls,  Niagara  Fallsto  Mont- 
realfMontreal  to  Boston  s.une  as  No.  02.    (X  13G) 3«..«0 

ROVTi:  r,4.  Same  as  No.  34  to  Nia^.ara  Falls,  Niagara  FaJls  to  Mont- 
real Moutreal  totiuebcc,  Quebec  to  Boston  via  Northumberland  and 
Concord.    (X145) *^^** 


lU.  Ni-ii^'".  KiiUg  to  »i  i»ti>ii 

'_ ■; -iitjHt 

In.  NMii«(ini  KiillH  I"  OpU'iih- 
iMir  .liii  I'tii'ii.  Willi*  Kiver. 
liiuwe,  K.uL'e  ti>  Nurtli  t'l'ii- 
^X  mi  1111.1  E.  H.  li.)    40..'iO 

\l».  MiiKiiift  KallH  to  HoHtoii 
,;.... JV.«» 

lis,  MnK'nii  l'"!'"  '"  M';"'' 
idilmiii,  {imliiiin  to  (ilfii 
•  SlHL'll,  tlifiico  to  BoKtoii  liy 
;.....;. 4H.OO 

,11a,  Nlnciini  FiiUb  to  lioslon 
........    44,00 

hUm,  N'li>|j;nrii  KhIIh  to  Moiit- 
iorhiiiii  to  IliMloii  siiuio  iii« 
40  00 

,11s,  Niagiira  Falls  to  Itoston 
4  i  *iiO 

lis,  NlaiJiirii  Fulls  to  ( Itiil.ins- 
i.stoii  via  Uoiisu'n  I'oinl  anil 

;to.r,o 

vlls.  Niauara  Falls  to  liostoii 
..,' 31.00 

alls,  Niagara  Falls  to  Moiit- 

s  Toiii:.  l.ako  (icoiKeiSata- 

YoiU    to  IJoslou  liy  Soiiuil 

44.->0 

alls,  NinKBi-a  Falls  to  Bos-.on 
4ii.OO 

-'alls.  KinHara  Falls  to  Jloiit- 
.e"s  I'oinl  to  Wiiiti-liaU  via 
.  llieuce  to  Boston  via  Kut- 
2i))... Stt.SO 

'allB,  Niagara  Falls  to  Boston 
......... T 30. 00 

•'alls,  Niagara  Falls  to  Mont- 
!,  Newport,  aiul  White  lUver 
.; 35.BO 

Falls,  Niagara  Falls  to  Moiit- 
;.    (X  l^G) 3ii.OO 

Falls,  Niagara  Falls  to  Jlont- 
(ton  via  Nortlmniberlaml  and 
41.50 


^  EXCUrWION  ROUTK.S  FOR  1874.  309 

^•■'^    "■>! 43.00 

UOtTTK  60.  Boston  to  Montreal  Hanu-  as  No.  17,  MoMtrr:il  to  (.,„.|,..,. 
n  s u^,„B,  ,„  rail  (,;,„.l,o,.  to  lla  lla  Ba.s  aMilVirti. nV,\i /s,,''  ., '^^ 
l-iiio  Stiani.Ms,  ami  ivtiirn  to  Boston  li.v  sai,,.,  roiito  ....!...  tfi!oo 

"''!ZtrL'u!Tt^:u  "'**?"";•'"'  "ji""""  N".  I-*.  Montreal  to  Qnel.oc. 

ROtrTE  rtS.  Bo.mon  to  Monlrral  sainn  as  No.  20.  Monlroal  to  ira  ir„ 
Ba.v  anil  n.tun,  same  as  No. ,.;,  ami  return  to  Boston  Hl.,,,oa«N,V.'J,['' 

vo.o'o 

Horn:  «.V.  Boston  to  Montreal  sami' as  No.  \X  Sfontreal  to  lli  ri., 
Bay  and  return  Hanie  as  No.  CC,  Montiv.il  to  hUo'i  "',,»"«»  NoI'l." 

.'14. '40 

ROVTK  70.  Boston  to  Montrnal  same  as  No.  II,  Montreal  to  ir,i  11.. 
Bay  and  return  same  tis  No.  fit!.  .^to„tre.■,I  to  Bo..i;,„  .",,1,; ?/„  x,!.'',',;'.''' 

itu.'io 

Itorri:  71.     Boston  to  AFontreal  via  Fit.lil.iirg.  Bellows  Fills    Vu, 
land.  Burlington.  St.  All.ans  and  .St.  .Tol.n,  M.  ntVa"    ,,  .m  ii^;, ''   'C 
rail  or  .steaniQr),  (.iiieliec  to  I't.  In,  cIm.m.K      .   ,Vi  V'    i-  o,     '  ^  •  ^''-X 
I't.  [.„  ridne  to  ,s't  .lolin.  (I.y  Inter'olo;;!,;!     '•,/    ''i,    •i',;;^';'"';^':;;-;^ 
land.  U.y  Sleainor),  I'ortland  to  Boston  by  Kastorn  It.K.    (i;.VM  1.' 

3'y.r,o 

ROVTi:  7'i.    Bevorsoof  Route  71.    (BK.\'  ...-, 3'*  SO 

■""r?.'''V~;l;    Same  as  71  to  Quol.ee,  Qaoliee  to  Point  l)u  ciiine  d.y  o 
&  (..  I'.  Pt.  steainer).  Pt.  I)n  Chine  to  .St.  John,  (l.y  rail^.st  do    m     o 
Annapolis  (by  seaniei).  Annapolis  to  llalif:,.v  Iv  rail    I  h.Ufav  t     h  " 
ton  (by  Boston  &  Col.  S.  S.  Co.)    (MKX  li)  \ .......   !^.  40  oo 

ROUri:  74.    Rcvorso  of  Route  73.    fBEX  8,) 40.00 

noun:  7,7.     Samo  as  71  to  Quebec,  Qii«bec  to  1  Jeton    (O    &  fi   I't 

to  St.  John  (by  stoani-r)  St.  John  to  Boston  (by  rail),    (MKXl" 

41  .,-0 

ItOlTTF.  77.    Reverse  of  Route  7C.    (BI':X  12.) 4  I  liO 

""jni!;  i!*-    ""f°"  t?  Flctou  (by  steamer),  I'ictoii  to 'u'uebe'e  ((','& 

tonO;vr,SrTKXB."^T)'^ 

""^BU-merf  SI  ^^o/?,"/"  J'"'""";l  C'V  ■'ai"^.  P"rtlaml  to  St.  Johns  (by 
Bte.'in  \  .St.  John  to  Annapolis  (bv  Hteamei),  Annapolis  to  Halifax 
(by  rail).  Hahf.ix  to  I'ieton  (i.y  raill  Pi,.tou  to  Mo  "real  by  st -an  o^ 
Montreal  to  Boston  (by  rail).    (BKX  10) " . ...... ...39^s6 


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EXCIIBSION  BOUIR»  FOR  I8T4. 


ROVTK  HO.  HoBton  to  Clinrlott.town  (1..v  Hoston  *  (  ol  S.  S.  Co.) 
(•li'iiloUeti>«-.i  to  Pictou  (l.y  ITliic..  K.lw«r.l  lK.lun.1  N.  (...)  Plotou  to 
gm.l.w  (l.v  i).  &  (I.  I't.  St.'iim.TM).  ^l<^i■\<,^v.  to  Mciitroal  (by  i»t«ij"";r). 
M..iiti-.'iiltolJoHU>iul.y  ri.ll).    (HKX  17) He.aO 

nOVTK  HI,     IloHton  to  yiielxw  vi»  KlltlilnirK,  ItiillowH  KiilU,  Wlilto 

Rlvor  .luii.tloii  hikI  Nowport,  WiibImm^  to  I'ort  <lii  (Jliln.;  (\>y  dteaim-.r), 

'    Port  .1.1  Cl.ino  to  St.  .lolii.  O'V  rail), 8t .  .I<.l.n  to  I'ortlw.d  0>y  "'•'""'"fj; 

PortlaiKl  to  Boston  by  Kantorn  U.U.    (tiKX  1) •tf.MW 

BOVTE  S3.    Kovorso  of  Koute  81.    (BEX  3) 39.00 

nOVTK  H3.  Boston  to  Q.iebo.'  Hnme  a«  No.  81,  Qik-Imm-  to  Port  ilu 
Clilno  (bv  t;.  &  O.  I't.  Stt-amem),  Port  <iu  Clilne  to  St.  .lolin  (by  Intor- 
.•oloi.liil  UTU.)  .SI  lolin  to  AnnanollMby  Htoanier),  A.n.apoHH  U) 
Halifax  (bv  Windsor  &  A.  K.ll.)  Halifax  to  BoBtoi.  (by  B.  &  t;  »■  ». 

Co.)  (tiki  2) •'«-^» 

ROVTE  84,    Ileverse  of  Uoute  83.    (BEX  2) 3«.ffO 

nOVIK  Hli,  BoHton  to  Q.Kibec  Riiinii  an  No.  81,  QMi>b<'<'  to  Plctmi  (by 
Btoamort  Plctou  to  H.mfa.x  (by  mil),  Halifax  to  Boston  (by  Htean.- 
or).    (QKX;i) **••"* 


SIDE    EXCURSIONS. 


Montreal  to  QuetMC  and  Return.    (Oood olUier  by  boat  or rail)*;7.00 
Quehec  to  Ila  lln  Half  and  Kef  urn,  via  Sagiionay  steamers. ..». WO 

I'rescott  to  Ottawa  and  Ke«nrH,  via  St.  L.  &0.  R.  U 4.00 

Plattshnra  to  Au^a„hl,-  Chaxm  ami  Return.  Steainer  to  Port  Kont 
thence  to  Chasm  by  omnibus  and  return  same  route,  (tickets  '"elude 
entrance  to  Chasm) -#•  *» 


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Utiix  to  Uoston  (by  Hteiini- 
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Sagiionny  Ktcamors ...O.ifO 

L.&O.R.  R 4.00 

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snme  route,  (tickets  include 
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LVDEX   TO   ADVEItriSEMENTS. 

Gront  Western  and  Michigan  Central  Line,    , 

Chicago  and  North-Western  Ualhvay,      . 

Lake  Shore  and  Mlchi>ran  Southern  Railway, 

International  Hotel,  . 

Ottawa  Hotel.    . 

Qnebec  and  Gnlf  Ports  Steainshii)  Co. 

Magog  House,    . 

St.  Lawrence  and  Saguenay  Line, 

Ballou  House.    . 

Wm.  Searing  &  Son, 

G.  B.  Croft. 

Boston  Traveller, 

Bates  House, 

Boston  Daily  Globe,  . 

B.  F.  Brown  &  Co.,    . 
Boston  Daily  Advertiser,   . 
S.  Goltman, 

Harris,  Jones  &  Shingleton, 
Geo.  O.  Clapp,    . 
J.  G.  Cooke 

C.  E.  &  B.  P.  Gates, 
W.  E.  &  T.  J.  Dexter,    . 
Jenneys  Brothers,      . 
International  Line  and  G.  T.  R. 
Grand  Trunk  Railway,      . 
Montreal  and  Boston  Air  Line, 
Chicago,  Burlington  and  Qulncy  Railroad, 


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Michigan  Central  and  GteatlNesta  Railways, 

VIA 

Buffalo.  Suspension  Bridge 

ANI> 

NIAGARA  FALLS. 

4  Through  Sxpres?  Trains  Dally  to  Chicago. 

,„,„„.«  &  Wa^ncr-s  .„„.n.-.„  Drawing  .^«n,.  ^^"^^\;-;^^'^i;^'^""' 
Cars  run  on  a'l    rhrotmli  l.»l.res»   1  ra,.,»  over  tl..»  l-n.e,  will. 

ONLY  ONE  CHANOE  OP  CA!IS  FaOM_  BOSTON  TO  CHICAQO. 

THlB  W  TIIK 

^l,oi'tc,4t,  l2•li^Uc^4t  ?it,d  >lo?it  ©cf^irable  l<itic 

IIETWBFN    Till* 

ilEW    ENGI.AND    STATES 

AND 

CHICAOO, 

MIL-WAUKEE,        _  ^  ,  ,, 
ST.    PAUL 

AND   THE   PACIFIC    COAST. 

-♦■ 

u    •  „  ih^lr  tickets  by  this  route  are  allowed  to  stop  off  and 
''"'=e^S^:n,:::  :^:L:...  ^^^r...  ..>e„,  an  oppoj^nitv 
of  witnessing  the  Greatest  Natural  Wonder  ,n  An,en. ..,  the 

FALLS  AND  SCENERY  OF  NIAGARA 

BACOAOE  CHECKED  THROUGH  TO  ALL  POINT8  WEST. 

Be  sure  and  ask  for   Tickels  via 

THE    GREAT    WESTERN    AN.)    M.CM.r.AN    CKN  .RA.      RAILWAYS. 
Which  are  sold  at  ah  principal  office,  east  of  Su.pens.on  V.r.dge.      

•    »    BAMflATL  A.  J.  HARLOW, 

p.  K.  aANDALL,  ^^^^^^^^  p^^,^„^„  ^^.,,, 

^^"  e^fiSton  S..,  B.s.on.  3*9  Broadway.  New  YorK. 


Kr. 
Ki. 

Kn. 
Ki-.i 


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Passe 

J'LIJ 
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Ticket 

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RIDGE 


LLLS. 

Daily  to  Chicago. 

Ilc.lpl  anil  Piil.ice  Slce|iinK 

BOSTON  TO  CHIOAQO. 
ITATES 


ST.    PAUL 

;    COAST. 

te  are  iillowect   tJ  stop  iiff  and 
(linn  llieni  an  npportunitv 
[)ndcr  in  Anicrii  a,  the 

■  OF  NIAGARA 

O  ALL  POINTS  WEST. 

:kels  via 

AN  CKNiRAi.    Railways, 

St  of  Suapeiision  F-ridge. 

A.  J.  HARLOW, 

•al  Eastern  Passenger  Agent, 
349  Broadway,  New  York. 


Chicago  &  North-Wcstern  Railway. 

THE    ROUTE   DIRECT 

Cliicao  aDiI  nS-'I esleri  Eailway. 

I'or  Council  Mluffs,  Omaha  and  California 

'I  »i>  tlirciugh  Iraiii.i  daily,  ' 

For  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis, 

i'wo  through  trains  d.iily. 

For  Green  Bay  and  Lake  Superior, 

Two  through  iraiiii  daily. 

For  Milwaukee, 

Kour  throu((h  trains  dally. 

For  Winona,  and  points  in  Minnesota, 

One  through  train  daily. 

For  Dubuque,  via  Frecport, 

Two  through  trains  daily. 

For  Dubuque  and  La  Crosse,  via  Clinton, 

Two  through,  trains  daily. 

For  Sioux  City  and  Yankton, 

Two  through  trains  daily. 

Passenger  Fares  by  this  Route  are  always  a.  low  as  they  are  by  ar,y  other    ' 

Mar.iuetto,  .•o.,no<.tl,.tf  at  O.MAU.V   with   ^ 

THROUGH   SLEEPING  CARS  FOR  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
-^"^  Yorl^Tieket  Office,  229  Broadway. 

Ticket,  over  this  Ro"'*  «re  ,old  by  ,11  Ticket  A.ent,  in  all  Coupon  T.cket  Offic;, 
^e  United  States  and  the  Canadas. 


MARVIN    HUGHITi;.  l^,  „.  STENNE-,  T,    ~ 

UEO    L.  HAR-^ISON,  New  England  Agent,  S  Sl.te  St.,  Boston.  Mast. 


■«■ 


Lake  Shore  and  Michuan  Southern 

RAIL.WAY.  ^ 

The  Great  DoubleTrack  Route 

From  BOSTON  and  NEW  YORK 

TO  CHICAGO,  via   BUFFALO. 

The  only  Line  Connecling  with  the 

]s(cw  Yodv  dentinal  HnJ  t^rie  lyaiKv«0^^ 

Running  Through  Cars  without  Transfer  of  liaggage. 

SIX  EXPRESS  TRAINS  LEAVE  BUFFALO 

FOR 

Cleveland,  Toledo,  Chicago  and  St,  kuls, 

WITHOUT    CHANGE. 

only  one  Cbrnge  of  C.rs'^eTn  BUFFALO  and  ST  JOSEPH. 
AmS  CITY.  LEATENWOaTH,  OMAHA,  and  all 

points  WEST  and  S0UTH^E5T^____ 

r-^Trr3:;^~^7'Wr^  favorite  route. 

S  ECU  R  E    T.  C  ^^f  ;^^^^^^^_^,^„  ;„  U..  K».. 

ZTZ       ]      *       TTbURCH,  Gen'l  Eastern  Ag't, 

JAS.  S.  SMITH.  Agent,  J  *  ounv,  j,„„„,„,  y.  r 

CHAS    PAINK.  General  Supt.,  Clevelam.,  O. 
CHAS.  ^^    ^    CROMWELL, 

Uei-M  TravelinR  .\»tnl  f"'.  k-"'"" 
New  Ktigland  and  Provinces. 


W.  W.  RL'GGLI    .. 

GtnM  Traveling  ARent  M  Mas*. 

and  Northern  New  hngUind. 


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rrackKoutc 

MV  YORK 

A   BUFFALO. 

J  with  the 
•nntlet  of  Uaggage. 

.EAVE  BUFFALO 

|o  and  St.  kuls, 

ANOE. 

UrFALO  and  ST.  JOSEPH, 
TH,  OMAHA,  and  all 
ITJTH-WEST. 

S~FAVOBITE    ROUTE. 

ffices  in  tlie  Ka»t.  ^ 

iURCH,  Gen'l  Eastern  Ag't, 

Jliiffnio,  A.  1'. 

ui)t.,  Cleveland,  O. 

W    A.  CROMWELL, 

Uen'l  TravelmK  AkciiI  for  Lwlern 

New  tngland  and  Provinces, 


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NIAGARA   FALLS. 


N.  Y. 


J  1 1  IS  magnificent  Hotel  is  the  largest  and  most  ple.isantly 
situated  of  .uiy  at  Ni.igara.  IJeing  the  nearest  to  the  Falls,  and 
the  only  one  containing  ALL  MODIiKN  IMrKOVKMKNTS, 
it  offers  inducements  to  the  traveling  public  which  are  unexcelled. 
A  splendid  atldition,  extending 

Ovei'  100  I*eet  into  ti<e  ^ligi(ifi, 

has  just  been  completed,  adding  a  large  num!  ■  r  of  Macnificfnt 
Koo.MS,  single  and  in  suites,  all  of  which  DIRKCTLY  OVER- 
LOOK  THE   RIVER.       Also, 

THREE  ELEGANT  PARLORS, 

which  in  point  of  beauty,  and  the  sf^endid  views  of  the  Rapids 
and  Falls  they  afford,  cannot  be  surpassed. 

A  VERY  LIBERAL  DEDUCTION  IN  RATES  will  be 
made  to  parties  wishing  to  remain  two  weeks  or  more. 

Guests  may  rely  upon  receiving  EVERY  COMFORT  AND 
ATTENTION. 

J.  T.  FULTON,  Jr.,  Proprietor. 

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Ottawa  Hotel, 

MONTREAL. 


C.  S.  BROWNl",  J.  Q.  PERLEY,  Proprietors. 


f'mS  well  known  and  popular  Hotel  is  situated  on  St.  James 
Street,  the  principal  business  street  of  the  city,  and  is  near 
^  the  Post  Office,  Banks,  Theatre,  and  all  the  Public  Buildings, 
and  has  ample  accommodation  for  400  guests. 

The  Ottawa  Hotel  covers  the  entire  space  of  ground  run- 
ning between  St.  James  and  Notre  Dame  Streets,  and  has  two 
beautiful  fronts.  The  house  has  b.tn  thoroughly  REFITTiiD 
and  FURNISHED,  with  every  regard  to  comf'  t  and  luxury- 
has  hot  and  cold  water,  with  baths  and  closets  on  each  floor. 
The  aim  has  been  to  make  this  the  most  UNEXCEPTION- 
ABLE FIRST-CLASS   HOTEL  IN    MONTREAL. 

The  proprietors  respectfully  assure  their  patrons  that  no 
exertions  will  be  spared  to  make  this  Hotel 

A  Comfortable  Home  for  the  Traveling  Public. 

Carriages,  with  attentive  drivers,  may  be  had  at  all  times 
by  application  at  the  ofHce 

Coaches  will  be  fr-nd  at  the  Railw.ay  Depot  and  Steamboat 
Landings,  on  the  arrival  of  the  several  Trains  and  Steamers. 

Montreal  Telegraph  Office  in  the  house. 


X 


OTEL, 


Proprietors. 


s  situated  on  St.  James 
if  the  city,  and  is  near 
ill  the  Public  Buildings, 
guests. 

2  space  of  ground  run- 
iie  Streets,  and  has  two 
:horoughly  REFlTTiiD 

0  conif'    t  and  luxury — 

1  closets  on  each  floor, 
iiost  UNEXCEPTION- 
lONTREAL. 

i  their  patrons  that  no 
lotel 

raveling  Public. 

nav  be  had   at  all   times 


ay  Depot  and  Steamboat 
Trains  and  Steamers. 

louse. 


A  GREAT  ATTRACTION 

To  Tourists  and  Pleasure  Travelers, 
IS  THE  ROUTE  OF  THE 

Quebec  and  Gulf  Ports 

STEAMSHIP   CO. 

Whose  commodious  Steamers  proceed  from  Quebec  down  the 
ivajestio  River  and  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  in  sight  of  the  grandest 
scenery  and  many  historical  points,  calling  at  numerous  noted  sea- 
bathing  resorts  on  the  south  shore  of  the  Gulf,  giving  the  sports- 
man and  angler  a  chance  to  visit  the  most  far-famed  rivers,  bays 
and  inlets,  which  swarm  with  trout  and  salmon. 

The  Steamers  connect  at  Point  du  Chene  (Shediac)  with  the 
Intercolonial  Railroad  for  St.  John,  N.  B.,  thence  by  cars  and 
steamers  to 

PORTLAND    AND    BOSTON, 

and  at  Pictou  with  Intercolonial  Railroad  for  Halifax,  N.  S., 
connecting  there  with  Railroad  or  Steamer  lines  for  St.  John, 
Portland  and  Boston.  This  is  the  route  to  CHARLOTTE- 
TOWN  and  PRINCE   EDWARD   ISLAND. 

EXCURSION  TICKETS 

Froni  New  York,  Boston,  or  other  points  in  New  England,  to 
Montreal,  Quebec,  thence  via  Gulf  Port  Steamers  to  Shediac,  N.  B., 
Charlottetown,  P.  E.  L,  I.ctou,  N.  3.,  St.  John,  N.  B.,  Halifax' 
N.  S.,  passing  through  all  points  of  interest  in  the  maritime 
provinces,  and  returning  by  either  rail  or  steamer  to  Portland, 
Boston  and  New  Yor\;    or  vice  versa. 

For  sale  in  New  York,  Boston,  and  principal  points  in  New 
England,  AT  ALL  Offices  selling  Excursion  Tickets. 

Ask  Ticket  Agent  for  Gulf  Ports  Steamer  circular,  which  will 
give  you  all  particular  information,  and  map  of  route. 

STEVENSON  &  LEVE,  W.  MOORE,  Manager. 

Passenger  Agents, 

GENERAL   OFFICE,  QUEBEC. 
6 


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Magog  ^ouse 


SHERBROOKE,  P.  Q. 


At  Newport,  Vt.  the  traveUer  can  take  the  Elegant  Stoanior 

"LADY  OF  THE  LAKE," 

CArT.  Fooo, 
TO  MaROR.  and  fro.n  that  point,  John  Norton'.  Stage  Link  to  Shor- 
biooke,  where  they  will  llnUthe 

Magog  House, 


Vwler 


the  managemant  of  Mr.  H.  S.  Heu-uub-v,  one  the  best  kept 
Houses  lu  Canada. 

X:xoellent  Flslilna  In  the  Vlolnlty  I 

The  far  famed  Lakes 

MASSAW^PPI.  AHD    MEGANTIC 

Are  but  a  short  distance  from  the  Hou»o. 
The  Steamer,  the  Stage  Line,  and  Uie  House  are  under  the  control  of 
men  who  from  long  experience  are  weU  qaallllcd  to  anticipate  and 
satisfy  the  wishes  of  travellers. 


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ho  Elegnnt  Steamer 

LAKE," 

•ii*»  STA.OB  LiMK  to  Sher- 

OUSE, 

,i'DUBN,  one  the  best  kept 

I. 

he  Vicinity  1 

Megantic 

m  tlie  HouBO. 

)UHO  ore  under  the  control  of 
qaalittod  to  antidimte  and 


THE 


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jjT,  jTAWRENCE  &  lAGUENAY 

LINE    OF    STEAMERS, 

I'LVIXO  BETWEEN 

Quebec,  the  i\iver  ^aguenay, 

AJfI>  THE 

WATESnrS  PLACES  OF  THE  LOWEB  ST.  LAWBENCE. 


18  COMPOSED  OF 


The  First-Class,  Sea-Qoi.no  Passenger  Steameiis, 

"Saguenay,"  "St.  Lawrence"  and  "Union." 


From  and  after  the  20th  of  June,  to  the  inth  of  Sept^'mlier,  one  of 
the  Bbovo  lioatH  will  Umivo  the  AT.  AXnitKHS'  »  It. ill  I'  .liiily 
(Sinuliivs  and  Jlondays  excepted)  at  7  o'oloolc.  A..  M:.,-«ii  the 
arrival  of  the  Montreal  boat. 

DSr-  ACCOMMODATIONS    FIRST-CIiA8S..C5! 

Charges    Moderate. 

TICKETS  FOK  SALK  St  all  Principal  Ticket  Offices  In 
the  States  and  Canada;  and  at  the  Office  of  the  CoiiPAJtv,  oppoxUe 
St.  Louis  Hotel,   Quebec,  or  St.  Andrrwa'   Wharf. 

For  further  information  apply  to 

STEVENSON  &  LEVE,  A.  CABOURY, 

GeMEUAL  AoE.NTS.  SECRETABy. 


Sallou  Souse, 


OPPOSITE  THE  DEPOTS, 

North  Adajvls,  Mass. 

A  New  and  First- Class  House, 

M.  BALLOU  &  SON,    .    .    Proprietors. 


Hoosac  Tunnel  Stages  leave  this  House  at  4.30  and  10.00  A.M. 
Arrive   at   3  and  8.30  P.M. 


-.  :-^  *,>=  5  --  HWSf*Vf*w  -*"-?—- 


iOUSE, 


"4^%. 


DEPOTS, 

VIS,  Mass. 

Slass  House, 

.    .    Proprietors. 

ouse  at  4.30  and  10.00  A.M. 
8.30  P.M. 


WlM.IAM  M.  Skakixo, 

Attorniy  unit  Counselor  at  I.nu>, 


Bebkman  II.  kf.auino, 
.\olary  Public. 


Wm.  Searing  &  Son, 

AUCTIONEERS, 

f\EAL  INSTATE  ©ROKERS, 

INSURANCE  AND  COLLECTING  AGENTS, 

Broadway,  Sabatooa  Qpbinqs, 
BUY,    SELL,    RENT,    AND    EXCHANGE 

Furnished  Cottages,  Stores,  Dwelling  Houses, 

OFFICES,   AND   COUNTRY   llESIDENCES, 

CITY  and  SUBURBAN  LOTS, 

FARMS,  SHOPS,  MILLS,  FACTORIES, 
STEAM  and  WATER  POWERS. 

BONDS,  MORTGAGES  and  other 

SECURITIES,    Bought    and    Sold, 

COLLECT  RENTS,  NOTES,  ACCOUNTS  and  EVIDENCES  of  DEBT. 
All  Kind*  of  Insnranco  Effected  at  the  I.onreat  Kates, 

None  but  First-Class  Companies  Represented. 

By  iiromptnegg,  IndHBtry  and  Fair  Dealing,  wo  nini  to  merit  the 
conH<li!nire  and  give  satiBfaction  to  those  who  may  entrust  tlu^ir  Imsinesg 
to  our  charge. 

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All  of  thetie  ilt^Hlp"'  nre 
\  from  the  pencil  of 

•  G.B.  CROFT, 


^RCHITtCT, 

Ainswortli  Y\m, 

i    Bro»4way,  Saratoga  Springs, 
NEW   YORK. 


Vll 


LA  of  F.  C.  KENNEDY.  «t  Hilrlinglnn,  Vt., 
now  liullt  mill  ociuplpd. 


Villa  of  AUQISTIN  CANTIN,  at  Montreal,  Canada, 
now  being  built. 


rlaiiH  niid  DrttwiiiK",  ''> 
KlevBtloii  anil  Detail, 
with  SpeiitlcatioiiH  and 
llllliiof  Mutorlal  ol  eT«jry 
doMitirtlaa,  1^ 

Churches,  Banking 

Houses,  SehoolB,7illas, 

Cottages,  etc. 

KiiniiHlied  on   short 
notii'e.  Speiial  attention 
given  to  Cottage  Aiehi- 
tei'ime.        Con»tni<aon 
HUi)eriiiten«lC(l  when  ilo- 
wiied.     Villi    1*11!"    detail 
di-awintjH  of   every  fea- 
t.ire,  exterior  and  inter- 
ior, Kiven  with  every  set 
of  lilans.     reneil  sketeh- 
ea   fiiniiHhed   free,    and 
forwarded  with  disiiatch, 
on  receiiit  of  order  with 
ileseriplion  of   location, 
to  any  imrt  of  the  conn- 
try  to  parties  procuring 
Working  Drawings. 
Business  correspondence 
promptly  attended  to. 


y 


ifcm, 


All  of  t1io«e  il<>Hl|iiii'  nre 
from  tlu'  pencil  ot 

G.  B.  CROFT, 


ICHITtCT 


Ainswortli  Piac*. 

Broalvay,  Saratoga  Spring!, 
NEW   YORK. 


innda, 


rlaiiH  mill  DrttwiiiKH,  In 
Kli'vnlloii  anil  Di'tnil, 
with  Spriitii'KtionH  ami 
lllllnof  Material  ol  every 

Churches,  Banking 

Houses,  SehoolB,Vinas, 

Cottages,  etc. 

FuniiHlieil   on    short 
notiio.  Spwial  atti'iition 
given  to  Cottage  Ari'hi- 
teciure.        Con»tni<aon 
Hupciintended  when  do- 
shed.     Villi    M'-"    detail 
<li>\wiiit;»  of   every  tea- 
t.ire,  exterior  and  inter- 
ior, given  with  every  set 
of  lilans.    Peiieil  sketeh- 
ca   funiished   free,    and 
forwarded  with  dispatch, 
on  receiiit  ot  order  with 
description  of   location, 
to  any  imrt  of  the  conn- 
try  to  parties  procuring 
W'oiking  Drawings. 
Business  oorreapondenoe 
promptly  attended  to. 


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$2.00  per  annum  in  advance. 


WOBTEUfSTOlT,  rLAKrBRS  !i  00.,  Traveller  Buildins,  Boston. 

BATES     HOUSE, 

Jutland,  Vermont. 

PAIGE  &  TOLHURST,      -       -      Proprietors. 

'pHlS  House  is  located  neaily  opposite  and  within  a  few  rods  of  the  Rutland 
Railroad   Depot,  in  the  most  central  part  of  the  business  portion  of  the 
village,  and  commends  itself  to  travelers  and  others  on  many  accounts  as  a 
public  hostelry,  with  all   the  comforts  of  a  home. 

IT  IS  HEATED  THROUGHOUT  BY  STEAM, 
So  that  at  any  time  of  the  day  or  night  the  guests  can  have  warm  rooms,  for 
which  no  extr^i  charge  is  made.  It  contains  one  hundred  rooms,  many  of 
which  are  large  and  in  suites,  for  traveling  parties  or  families.  All  of  these 
are  funiished  in  a  style  not  to  be  found  outside  of  the  principal  cities,  and  are 
large  light  and  roomy,  and  well  ventilated. 

The  House  is  provided  with  warm  and  cold  baths,  is  lighted  by  gas,  and 

as  every  modern  improvement  which  genius  could  sugg»5t  for  the  convenience 

and  comfort  of  guests,  including  the  great  desideratum  o.'  clean,  comfortable 

and  thoroughly  aired  beds.      The  table   is  supplied  at  all  t.Ties  with   all  the 

delicacies  of  the  season,  and  viands  to  suit  the  palate  of  the  guests, 

A  good  livery  in  connection  with  the  House. 

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TO  THE  LADIES. 


Brown's  French  Dressing 

•>vm  make  ladies'  and  children's  boots  and  shoes  that  have  become  rough  and 
red,  and  ladies'  traveling  bags  that  look  so  oH  and  rusty  that  they  are  ashamed 
to  carry  them,  look  just  as  good  as  new.  It  will  not  rub  off  or  smut  when  wet^ 
Softens  the  leather.  No  lady  will  be  without  it  after  one  tnal.  Beware  o. 
imitations  and  counterfeits.     For  sale  everywhere. 

B.  F.  BROWN  &  CO.,  Proprietors,  BOSTON. 
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HING  CO. 

•4GTON  St.,  Boston. 


)IES. 


Dressing 

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ot  rub  off  or  smut  when  wet. 
t  after  one  trial.      Beware  of 


,,  Proprietors,  BOSTON. 


E  OSTON 

a 

FOR    1874. 
BEST 

Familj  t  BuilBtii  Fipir 

In  New  Englind. 

Try  it  and  Srt 
Price,  5i2  00. 

SEMI -WEEKLY, 

54.00. 

WEEKLY, 

52.50. 

AiiiireM, 

!!£.  F.  WATERS, 

29  Court  St. 

^-Vai^f""'-  BOSTON. 


S.  GOLTMAN, 
American  and  Caiiacliaii  Tailor, 

No.  212  St.  James  Street, 

MONTREAL. 

Having  a  large  American  trade,  we  offer  the  highest  possible 
inducements  to  parties  visiting  Montreal,  who  wish  to  obtain  First 
Class  G(J0DS  at  low  prices.  We  keep  constantly  on  hand  a  large 
assortment  of  ready-made  English  Spring  Overcoats,  besides  an 
endless  variety  of  English,  French  and  German  goods  of  the  newct 
patterns.    Call  and  examine  our  stock  before  purchasing. 

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On  tlic  otlici'  MJc  of  tl)c  ^tlhntiii. 

Harris,  Jones  &  Shingleton, 
AmavtccLTL  cltkI  IjOtixIojx 

Court  Tailors, 

Nos,  319  Oxford  and  60  New  Bond  Streets, 
LONDON,  ENGLAND. 

HavinR  an  immense  American  trade,  we  offer  the  hiRhest  [los- 
Sible  inducen.en.s  to  those  who  wish  urst-clais  goods  ^t  reasc>nal>le 
p-ices      Wc  keep  constantly  on  hand  an  endless  variety  of  all  the 
I     .  cloths  in  this  market  of  English,  French  and  German  manu- 
/ .    are.     We  are  dally  in  reesipt  of  th«  Utest  Pari..  Londcm  and 
New  York  fashions,  which  enables  us  to  make  our  garments  m  any 
style  to  suit  our  a.stouiers.    Our  prices  will  be  found  to  be  less 
than  one-half  what  the  same  garments  would  cost  in  the  Un>ted 
States.     Fur  instance,  we  make  superb  West-of-England  broad- 
cloth suits  complete  for  $35;  exquisite  overcoats  for   $.5,  and 
ulsters  for  about  $17.    Our  establishments  are  well  known  through- 
out  the  United  Stales  and  Europe.    Americans  on  visiting  London 
will  find  as  centrally  located,  near  al.  the  great  Railway  Stations, 
Hotels,  &c.    We  cordially  invite  all  to  call  and  examine  our  goods 
and  i>rices  before  they  leave  London. 

We  subjoin  a  few  name,  of  our  American  cu.<om.r»  to  «!>""'«'<'  "f"  = 

lJur..nt,  Peter  Scovill,   >'•  M.  l"^y.  ^-  '','"'     '  \>,   c.-Iudge  Kich.irtlson, 
Tarn,  lohn  C.raham,  Amos  Kenda  e.    W'^^«J„''"^^■s  Jven,,  A.  I.  Ca.tell,  J.  J, 

8lf«^M's:•/:r4^  H:  A^m.ul'«rj^v':Tf^^i,u„     Com„ocU,  M.  Uenni,   O 
C   Bradley,  M.  Kanlel,  Selh  Winters,  &c.,  &c. 

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:  ^tlivntiii. 

HINGLETON, 

Ijotk  ion 

LORS, 

:w  Bond  Streets, 

we  offer  the  highest  pos- 
clais  goods  \A  rcascMiabla 
endless  variety  of  all  the 
ench  and  German  nianu- 
latest  Pari»,  London  and 
make  our  garments  in  any 
will  lie  found  to  be  less 
would  cost  in  the  United 
West-of-Kngland  broad- 
e  overcoats  for  $15,  and 
s  are  well  known  through- 
;ricans  on  visiting  London 
le  great  Railway  Stations, 
all  and  examine  our  goods 

tomers  to  whom  we  refer : 
Iciffman,  I,  P.  DarlinRion,  Dr. 
Dix,  P.  SpolTord,  Joliii  laylor, 
,  J.  Jaqiies,  IJr.  Caldwell,  J.  J. 
iton,  James  M.  Haswell,  J.iciib 
TON,  )).  C.-Judge  Richardson, 

H.  Stevens,  A.  C.  Cattell,  J.J, 

B.  P.  Curtis.    Robert  Spencer. 

Mixter,  G.  G.  Cooper,  John  G 
1,  Col.  Allei,  J.  L  Sprayle,  Dr. 
islines,  F.  G.  Wilson,  L.  Carter, 
B.  Noble,  H.  Travis,  W.  Hilton, 
I,  T.  Ihomas,  Gtis  Foster,  AKin 

A.  Soles,  1.1.  M.  Chistee.     New 
iimicl  Comstock,  M.  Dennis    O 


SARATOGA    ADVERTISEMF.NTS. 


GEO.  O.  CLAPP, 
Imported  and  Domestic  Cii^^ars, 

All  ffradps  ai)d  varielles  of  Tobacco  aijd  Smokers'  Cood«  generally. 
No.  7   ARLINGTON    BLOCK,    OPPOSITE   UNITED  STATES  HOTEL. 


J.    G.    COOKE, 

Fishing  Tackle,  Guns,  Pistols, 

POWDER,    SHOT, 

AND    ALU     KINDS     OF    SPORTING     GOODS. 


C.  E.  &  B.  P.  GATES, 

108   BROADWAY. 

A  COMPETINT  PEESCRIPTtON  GLEES  IM  ATTENDANCE  LAY  AMD  NiaHT. 

Tuft'i  Arctic  Soda  with  Delicious  Fruit  Syrups  of  our  own  manufacture.      Choice 

Ciinfrctionery  fresh  ev^iy  day. 

5)extei'>^'  1;.  g.  ftolel  T^ivei'y  gtkble, 

W,  E.  &  T.  J,  DEXTER,   Proprietors. 

Carriages  at  depots  on  arrival  of  trains.    Orders  promptly  attended 
to  at  af.y  hour. 


JENNEYS   BROTHERS, 

DRALRRS    IN 

Also  Agents  for  Lazarus  &  Morris'  Achromatic  Spectacles. 
108   BROADWAY. 


■,..^,.™.«iw*a^i^g3B:*i^' 


THK    0«EAT 


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International  |reight  |ine 

—yfix- 

BOSTON  k  ALBANY,  NEW  YORK  CENTRAL,  GRAND  TRUNK 

And  MICHIGAN  CENTRAL  Railroads, 


IIKTWKKl*     IIIK 


ATLANTIC    AND    PACIFIC 

And    Intermadlate   Points. 

NO   TRANSFER,    UNEQUALLED    FACILITIES, 
QUICK    niHrXTClI    XNI>    r.OW   ItXTEW. 

Call  at  the  Office  of  Uie  Lino  before  making  lontrn.tB. 


J.  WHITMOUK,  Mimagiir, 

Bufalo,  N.  Y. 


JOHN  HOCKINO,  Agent, 

134   Washinelon  Si.,  Boston. 


errand  ^runk  f{ailway 

OF     CANADA. 

FREIGHT    CONTRACTS 

TO 

QUEBEC,    MONTItEXI^,    TOIIONU'O, 

And  all  Cana.di4.jj  Points. 

No  Trsniililpment  between  Bo«ton  and  Stotlon*  on  tho  Grand  Trunk 
Hallway,  and  oil  polnU  \Ve»t  and  Northwest. 

tr  i^j^:ris:    ca-oox)S   o.  t.  ti.  -^ 

AND  8IIIP  BY  DOSTON  &  MAlJiK  B.K. 

P.  8.  STEVENSON,  G.  P.  Agt.,  JOHN  HOCKING,  Agt, 

Montreal,  P.Q.  134  WatMngton  St.,  Bo$ton. 

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2IGHT  lINE 

rRAL,  GRAND  TRUNK 
Railroads, 

PACIFIC 

Points. 

CD    FACILITIES, 

mnking  contrnoU. 

!  HOCKINO,  Agent, 

VM  ttashington  Si.,  Boiton, 

Railway 

i^RACTS 

L,,    TOIIOIVX'O, 

OI.NTS. 

tloii*  on  tho  Grand  Trunk 
nd  Northwest. 

a-.  T.  la.  -"ES 

AINE  B.ll. 

OHN  HOCKING,  Agt., 
134  Wathington  St.,  Bo$toH, 


IRAND 


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,RUNK  |\AILWAY, 


TIIK 


GREAT    INTERNATIONAL    ROUTE 

nETWKKJI 

PORTLAND,    BOSTON,    NEW  YORK, 

Coiinucting  tlioru  with  all  roadi  diverging 

SASrr.    AVEMT,    PlonTII    ana    SOUTH. 

The  improviiil  condition  of  the  Grond  Trnnk  Ilnllway,  Inrhidlng 

lt»  equipment  of   ^'^w  Pnsatngir   Can,   Ntw  Loeomnlivn, 

SittI  Track,    Quitk    Trnnait,  ^e.,  Ift.,  now  lirlng»  It 

prominently  before  tlio  imhlle  hh  a  Kihht- 

CLA8D  Link  In  every  ruxpovt,  and 

pruferalile  to  tho  majority 

of  IJneH  between  the 

KiMt  and  Wuit. 

PULLMAN  PALACE  and  SLEEPING  CABS 

•re  run  on  all  day  and  night  through  tralni,  wiUi  but  one  change  be- 
tween I'orlliind  or  Bolton  and  Chicago, 

The  ainntl  Trunk  RalUray  U  tlte  OnEAT  VLKASVItE 
BOVTK  tt»  well  an  tho  cheapest  Uoute  between  the  Ka»t  and  West,  and 
now  offers  n  choice  seleotlon  of  Popular  MixeurtUtn  Uoute*  to  the 
Touriat  and  Pleasure  Seeker,  via 

NUOABA  FALLS,  TOBOHTO, 

SIVEB  ST.  LAWBENOE  with  iti  Bapldi  ud  Thouand  Iilmndi, 
MOITTBEAL,  QUEBEO,  BIVEB  810DESAT,  ko., 
at  Reduced  Prices  during  the  Sunnner  Season;  they  have  Issued  a  small 
book  containing  a  Ust  of  routes,  rat«s  of  fare  and  other  Information 
wldch  may  be  obtained,  together  with  all  Information,  at  the  Boston 
Agency, 

134  'WASHOrOTON  STREET. 


W.  WAIN  WRIGHT, 

Gin.  Paiitngn  Agtnt,  Montrtal. 


U 


W.  C.  TALLMAN, 
Ntir  Sngland  Patt.  Agt.,  Botton. 


THIS   IS   AN   ADVERTISEMENT 

AND  IS  PAID  FOR  AS  SUCH, 


RTTT^OTWjTHSTANDING  j 

It  i«  literally  true,  as  ihoutands  can  and  wi'.l  testify,  that  the 

Cl\idli^o,  Bm'lii\^toA  ^i\tl  QmT\(5y 

RAILROAD 

Has  the  SMOOTHEST   AND   BEST  TRACK,   and  the   BEST  AND 

MOST  COMPLETE  FQUIPW.NT  of  all  Roads  in  the  West, 

and  has  NO  SUPERIOR  in  any  part  of  the  country. 

IT  IS  THE  FAVORITE  WITH  THE  TRAVELING  PUBLIC. 

IT  IS  THU  ONLY  LIXK  TO 

O.AJjI  I'OH.^I  I  A. 

banning   the    Justly  Celebrated   and    Most   Comfortable 

Di  N  I  isr  a    cA.li  s 

And  offers  the  VERY   BEST  ROUTES  to  all  points  in 

Kansas,  Colorado,  Hew  Mexico, 

Iowa,  Nebraska,  Missouri,  and 

TEXAS. 

No  Passenger  will  ever  regret  having  chosen  this  Route. 

^^^laTthlslH^e^salTat  all  the  Ticket  Offices  in  the  EMt. 


Tickets 


COMPANY'S  OFFICES: 

I3:^v^^~^lTCH^ocK;  e.  p.  ripley 

O .ne-,.l  Passenger  AG-t.  General  Eastern  Pas«=nger  Ag  t 

CHICAQO.  BOSTON. 


^i-sS-l  iitS**'^^^*'?^ 


i'  turf 


■ISEMENT 

SUCH, 


rANDINGI 

wi'.l  testify,  that  the 

^i\tl  QtiiT\(5y 


CK,   and  the   BEST  AND 
all  Roads  in  the  West, 
art  of  the  country. 

TRAVELING  PUBLIC. 

E  TO 

.    Most    Comfortable 

CA.Il  S 

TES  to  all  points  in 


aska,  Missouri,  and 


^S. 


nng  chosen  this  Route. 

Ticket  Offices  In  the  East. 

FICES : 

iTaBhington  St.,  Boston. 

E.  P.  RIPLEY, 

leral  Eastern  Passenger  Ag't, 

BOSTON. 


THE  GREAT  NORTHERN  ROUTE  FOR  TOURISTS 
AND  PLEASURE  SEEKERS. 


THE    NEW 


ine, 


,^ontreal  and  ©oston  Sir  L( 

COMl'OSKD   OF  TIIK 

Boston,  Conrord  .t  Montreal  R.  It.,  Concord  to  Vvllii  Jiirer, 
Pamtumimte  It.  It.,   Welln  ItWer  to  Sewport,  17., 
S->nth-i:nstei-n  ItaUwiti/,  \cirpoi-t  to  .St,  .Juhnu,  r,  Q., 

Will  on  and  after  June  Ist,  run 

2     FAST     EXPRESS    TRAINS 

Composed  of  NEW  AND  EI.K(iANT  CARS  pvoviiod  with 
all  uiodorn  improvements, 

From  BOSTON  (Lowell  Depot)  to  MONTREAL, 

Where  connection  is  made  with  Grand  Trunk  Railway  for  the  West. 


Entire    Trains,  with    Pullnn3n    Cars    attached,  pun    from 
Boston   tT   Montreal   without   change,  and  only  one 
change  to  Chicago.    No  Route  from  Boston  pre- 
sents such   Magnificent  Scenery,  and   Pas- 
sengers   by   this    Line    travel    through 

¥l]e  ?ki^h.di,^e  of  tl)i^^  Cci|tiiiei|c. 

A  continuous  and  most  charming  Panoramn  of  River,  Slountain 
Valley  and  Lake  Scenery  will  entertain  the  travelsr  for  a  distance 
of  250  miles,  including  the  grand  views  of 

Laiie  Winnipesaukee,  the  White  Mountain  Range, 

PASSTTMPSIO  SIVSE  VALLEY,  CBYSTAL  LAKE, 

AND     THE 

ROMANTIC  LAKE  MEMPHREMAGOG. 

Trainb  stop  30  minutes  for  meals  at  the  Pcmlgcwasselt  Ilouse, 
Plymouth,  N.  II.,  and  the  Memphremagog  House,  Newport,  Vt.   (See 
descriptive  matter  on  the  two  previous  pages.) 
Gknekal  Office, 
94   WASHINGTON   STR£FT. 

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